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De Soto

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Arsenic, Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver
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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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10198051
MRDS ID M060335
MAS/MILS ID 0320270291
Record type Site
Current site name De Soto
Alternate or previous names Star Peak, Silver Reef
Related records 10042517

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.15287, 40.54409 (WGS84)
Elevation 2109
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Star Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031 N 034 E 22 SESWNW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO IN SECTION 27.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.15287, 40.54409
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Star

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GSA BULL V 50, 1939, P 594, 603, PL 1

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 89, 1977, P 92, 93, 98, PL 2A

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 61, 1963, P 178, PLS 1 & 10

  • Deposit

    USBM INFORM CIRC 6902, 1936, P 44

  • Deposit

    P 58

  • Deposit

    USGS GEOL MAP GQ-666, 1967, 1162,500

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-MAR-94 Lowe, Nathan T. 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

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