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Gold Chief

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Manganese, Silver, Zinc
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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. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10173678
MRDS ID M032035
MAS/MILS ID 0320170174
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Chief
Alternate or previous names Chief
Related records 10111426

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.51444, 37.69747 (WGS84)
Elevation 1664
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chief Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meadow Valley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003 S 067 E 08 SW Nevada

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.51444, 37.69747
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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 1911

Mining district

District name Chief District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 26, 1936, P. 26-27.

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 73, 1970, TABLE 29, P. 169

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-JAN-94 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.