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Occidental Mine

Past Producer in Storey county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10150417
MAS/MILS ID 0320290023
Record type Site
Current site name Occidental Mine
Alternate or previous names Occidental, Brunswick Lode, Monte Cristo Lode

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -119.6318, 39.2866 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Storey(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Virginia City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Storey

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016 N 021 E 04 3 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NOTE: NBMG BULL. 70, PLATE 2, NO. 128 SHOWS THE OCCIDENTAL (BRUNSWICK) IN T. 17 N., R. 21 E.; THE VIRGINIA CITY 7.5-MIN. TOPO MAP SHOWS THIS IN T. 16 N., R. 21 E., U.S.G.S. MONOGRAPH 3, P. 411 LISTS THE OCCIDENTAL CLAIM AT N. 39 DEG. 17 MIN. 05 SEC. LATITUDE, AND W. 119 DEC. 37 MIN. 43 SEC. LONGITUDE. THE TOPO MAP AND X-Y COORDINATE PLACES THE MINE IN SEC. 4, T. 17 N., R. 21 E. AS SHOWN ON THE VIRGINIA CITY 7.5-MIN. TOPO MAP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -119.6318, 39.2866
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1866

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULL 70, 1970,PT. 2

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL 49, 1950, P.46-47.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-MAR-93 Ridenour, James 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.