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Wildhorse Mine

Past Producer in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Mercury
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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 10197529
MAS/MILS ID 0320010032
Record type Site
Current site name Wildhorse Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.49035, 39.85431 (WGS84)
Elevation 1560
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gilbert Creek SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Edwards Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 040 E 16 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NOTE: NGMB BULL. 41 REPORTS THIS MINE INSEC. 20 WHILE BULL. 61 REPORTS IT IN SEC. 20, BOTH OF WHICH ARE UNSURVEYED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.49035, 39.85431
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1939
Year of first production 1940

Mining district

District name Wild Horse

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 41, 1944, P. 112-113.

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 61, 1963, P. 112, 114.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8252, 1965, P. 251-252.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

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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.