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Big Wash Claims

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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 10198326
MAS/MILS ID 0320330011
Record type Site
Current site name Big Wash Claims
Alternate or previous names Big Wash, Taylor, Chapman, Taylor-Chapman

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -114.27084, 38.90185 (WGS84)
Elevation 2926
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wheeler Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Garrison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hamlin-Snake Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Great Basin National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012 N 069 E 17 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -114.27084, 38.90185
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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
Year of first production 1916

Mining district

District name Lexington District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISC. GEOL. INVEST. MAP I-578, 1969.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 56-83, 1983, SAMPLES

  • Deposit

    63-65, TABLE 4, P. 26; PLATE 1.

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 105, 1988, P. 219-220.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-APR-1994 Kluender 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.