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Sunlite Mine

Past Producer in Churchill 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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10173877
MAS/MILS ID 0320010422
Record type Site
Current site name Sunlite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -118.73018, 39.8916 (WGS84)
Elevation 1195
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ocala(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson Sink(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023 N 029 E 04 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -118.73018, 39.8916
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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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Sunlite Mining
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1988
    First year 1988
    Last year 1990

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NV DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1989, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1988, P. 4.

  • Deposit

    NV DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1991, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1990, P. 4.

  • Deposit

    MILLER, USBM MLA REPORT IN PROGRESS, 1994.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-JUL-94 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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