Cahill-Turillas Mill

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Gold, Mercury
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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. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10198458
MRDS ID M055016
MAS/MILS ID 0320139020
Record type Site
Current site name Cahill-Turillas Mill
Related records 10040304, 10149718

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -117.46097, 41.35269 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hot Springs Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Osgood Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 040 N 040 E 10 SWSESW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -117.46097, 41.35269

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1936

Mining district

District name Poverty Peak

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS MILL IS LOCATED 2,200 FT NW OF THE CAHILL MINE AND 600- 1,100 FT WNW OF THE TURILLAS MINE. THE PLANT WAS INSTALLED BY THE SONOMA QUICKSILVER MINES, INC. TO BENEFICIATE ORE CHIEFLY FROM THE CAHILL, TURILLAS, AND GRAYSON MINE, BUT BUT ALSO PROCESSED ORE FROM OTHER MINES IN THE DISTRICT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-MAR-94 Linne, James M. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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