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Orion Group

Prospect in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodities Semiprecious Gemstone, Gold, Perlite, Uranium
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10198486
MAS/MILS ID 0320310348
Record type Site
Current site name Orion Group
Alternate or previous names Gillam, Boar, Ymer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -119.55852, 41.25377 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hart Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

High Rock Canyon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Smoke Creek Desert(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 039 N 021 E 24 NENENE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Semiprecious Gemstone Tertiary
Gold Primary
Perlite Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -119.55852, 41.25377
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEMSTONE IS BOTH PETRIFIED WOOD AND OPAL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MILLER, M.S., 1993, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    MLA 7-93, P. 71.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-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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