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Sheba

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Arsenic, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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 10208179
MRDS ID M060334
MAS/MILS ID 0320270290
Record type Site
Current site name Sheba
Alternate or previous names Queen of Sheba Mine
Related records 10103884

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.15237, 40.54429 (WGS84)
Elevation 2054
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Star Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031 N 034 E 22 SESWNW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.15237, 40.54429
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Star

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 89, 1977, P 92-93, 98 PL 2A

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 24, 1935, P 11

  • Deposit

    USBM INFORM CIRC 6902, 1936, P 414

  • Deposit

    GAGE, H. L., 1941, LEAD-ZINC MINES OF NEV, BPA, (CONFID.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 414, 1909, P 42-43

  • Deposit

    USGS GEOL MAP GQ-666, 1967, 1/62,500

  • Deposit

    GSA BULL V 50, 1939, P 601, PL 1

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-MAR-94 Linne, James M. 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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