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Tunnel Hill Mine

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity Diatomite
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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 10198157
MRDS ID M060234
MAS/MILS ID 0320270137
Record type Site
Current site name Tunnel Hill Mine
Alternate or previous names Eagle Picher
Related records 10042439

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -118.78849, 40.26099 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
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

Seven Troughs SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Granite Springs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028 N 028 E 25 NESW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • POSSIBLY IN SECTON 25, T.28N, R.28E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -118.78849, 40.26099
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS: NV INDUSTRIAL MINERALS REPORT, 1973, P. 37.

  • Deposit

    NV BUREAU OF MINES REPORT 13, 1965, P. 29.

  • Deposit

    NV BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 89, 1977, P. 100, PL. 2A.

  • Deposit

    MILLER, 1994, MLA REPORT IN PROGRESS, GREAT BASIN ECOSYSTEM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-JUL-94 Miller 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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