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Silver Sulphide Group

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10198280
MAS/MILS ID 0320230230
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Sulphide Group
Alternate or previous names Cactus Nevada Silver Mine, Urania Mine, Cactus Silver Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.8209, 37.69685 (WGS84)
Elevation 1878
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cactus Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cactus Flat(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cactus-Sarcobatus Flats(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003 S 046 E 10 NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NOTE: THE REPORTED NARRATIVE LOCATION OF THIS MINE PLACES IT NEAR (OR AT) A MINE IDENTIFIED AS THE URANIA MINE ON THE CACTUS SPRING 7.5-MIN. TOPO MAP. THIS RECORD IS PLOTTED ON ON THAT SYMBOL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.8209, 37.69685
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cactus Springs District

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 50, 1951, P. 41.

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 77, 1972, P. 37.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-FEB-94 Ridenour, James 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.