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Shoshone Property

Prospect in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10221709
MRDS ID M055238
MAS/MILS ID 0320070489
Record type Site
Current site name Shoshone Property
Alternate or previous names Midas, Barringer Mercury Prospect, Antelope
Related records 10040449

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -116.54874, 41.1135 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Willow Creek Reservoir SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tuscarora(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rock(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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 037 N 048 E 03 NESE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -116.54874, 41.1135
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM INFORM CIRC 8252, 1965, P.238

  • Deposit

    USBM REPORT OF INV (RI) 5285, 1956, P.33, 35

  • Deposit

    COMPRISES THE MIDAS GROUP OF ELEVEN UNPATENTED LODE-MINING C

  • Deposit

    ALSO IN SEC.4 & 9, CLAIMS REPORTED TO BE ON ANTELOPE CRK NE

  • Deposit

    JUNCTION WITH VELVET CREEK.

  • Deposit

    ORE BODY IN SW,SE, SEC.4 T.37 N R.48 E

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-JUL-88 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) 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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