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Rochester Canyon Placer Gold

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10159925
MRDS ID M060372
MAS/MILS ID 0320270325
Record type Site
Current site name Rochester Canyon Placer Gold
Related records 10042548, 10310355

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -118.20177, 40.2843 (WGS84)
Elevation 1609
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rochester(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Carson Desert(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028 N 034 E 18 SWSESW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -118.20177, 40.2843
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rochester

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 580, 1915, P 325-372

  • Deposit

    USGS GEOL QUAD MAP GQ-820, 1969

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 89, 1977, P 80, 82-83, PL 2A

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-OCT-96 Linne, James M. 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

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