Unnamed Lead Occurrence

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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 10198568
MRDS ID M032060
MAS/MILS ID 0320170166
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Lead Occurrence
Alternate or previous names Lead Occurrence
Related records 10037365

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.31612, 37.23328 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blue Nose Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clover Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008 S 069 E 19 SESE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NOTE: NBMG BULL. 73 (P. 164) REPORTS THIS OCCURRENCE AS 1/4 MILE SE OF MERCURY MINE IN SEC. 18. THE BLUE NOSE 7.5-MIN. TOPO MAP SHOWS A SHAFT, PRESUMED TO BE THE CRYSTAL MERCURY MINE, IN THE W/2 SE/4 OF UNSURVEYED SECTION 19, T. 8 S., R. 69 E. THIS RECORD IS PLOTTED IN THE SE/4 SE/4 SEC. 19.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -114.31612, 37.23328

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Viola District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 73, 1970, TABLE 25, P. 164

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.