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South Wells Mine

Unknown in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10173631
MAS/MILS ID 0320070393
Record type Site
Current site name South Wells Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.00809, 41.04271 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Welcome(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Double Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Long-Ruby Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 037 N 062 E 31 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.00809, 41.04271
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ludwig Mining Co.
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN NEVADA & NORTHWESTERN UTAH

  • Deposit

    SOUTHEN PACIFIC CO., 1964, PAGE 114

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING, THE NEVADA MINERAL INDUSTRY, NBMG, 1980, PG. 27.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) 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.