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Long Canyon Mine

Unknown in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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Sections on this page
  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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10149869
MAS/MILS ID 0320070457
Record type Site
Current site name Long Canyon Mine
Alternate or previous names Knob Hill, Joan, Henry, James, ShannoN, Brown

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.4459, 40.54101 (WGS84)
Elevation 2591
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position This lat/long is about 1 mi N of American Beauty mine.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ruby Dome(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elko(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elko(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Ruby Mountains Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031 N 058 E 32 C Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • GNIS lists 5 Long Canyon valleys in Elko county. Not surprisingly, there are several Long Canyon deposits.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.4459, 40.54101
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAPS FROM WFOC MAP REPOSITORY

  • Deposit

    SMITH, 1976, MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO NV, USGS OFR

  • Deposit

    76-56, P.103.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-SEP-1988 Kuizon, Lucy U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.