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(Facility) United States Platinum Refinery

Plant in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum, REE, Silver, Uranium
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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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10197922
MAS/MILS ID 0320319002
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) United States Platinum Refinery
Alternate or previous names Curtis Nevada Mines, Inc., Curtis Nevada Mines, Inc. Plant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -119.7568, 39.52709 (WGS84)
Elevation 1347
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Reno(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Truckee(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 020 N 019 E 08 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Platinum Critical Tertiary
REE Critical Primary
Silver Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -119.7568, 39.52709
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Plant type Refiner

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner U.S. Platinum Refining, Inc.
    Interest 100
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    E/MJ 1975 INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING & MINERAL PROCES

  • Deposit

    ADDRESS/ U.S. PLATINUM REFINING, INC., 700 E. GLENDALE RD.,

  • Deposit

    NEVADA, 89431

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-JUL-92 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.