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Champion Dumortierite Mine

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity Kyanite
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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 10174292
MRDS ID M060359
MAS/MILS ID 0320270191
Record type Site
Current site name Champion Dumortierite Mine
Alternate or previous names Champion-Sillimanite, Champion Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.22177, 40.32739 (WGS84)
Elevation 1743
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)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029 N 033 E 36 SESESW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kyanite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.22177, 40.32739
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS NEV IND MIN (1973) P 40

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR MINES BULL. 89, 1977, P. 86, PL. 2A

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF PAPER 318, 1959, P. 82, FIG. 4

  • Deposit

    USBM INFORM CIRC 6902, 1936, P. 34

  • Deposit

    USGS GEOL MAP GQ-820, 1969, 1/62,500

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-DEC-94 Mayerle, Ronald T. 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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