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Royal Peacock No. 2 Opal Mine

Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodity Semiprecious Gemstone
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10149804
MAS/MILS ID 0320130260
Record type Site
Current site name Royal Peacock No. 2 Opal Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -119.09132, 41.79067 (WGS84)
Elevation 1606
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Virgin Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Thousand-Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 045 N 026 E 19 SWSW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Semiprecious Gemstone Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -119.09132, 41.79067
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Harry Wilson
    ID 2600681
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV INDUS COMM DIR OF ACT NEV MINE OPS, JAN 31, 1977, P.22

  • Deposit

    STATE OF NEVADA. DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS

  • Deposit

    ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982, COMPILED BY DIVISION

  • Deposit

    OF MINE INSPECTION, 1983, 60 PP. \0\0\0\0\0\0

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-NOV-1984 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Current status (per MSHA)

StatusIntermittent since 05/09/2023
MSHA mine ID2601426
Mine name (MSHA)Royal Peacock Opal Mine Inc.
Current operatorRoyal Peacock Opal Mine Inc.
Current controller (parent)Julie A Key
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (917 m, 0.86 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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