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Fondeway Mine

Plant in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Iron
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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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10221908
MAS/MILS ID 0320010155
Record type Site
Current site name Fondeway Mine
Alternate or previous names Fondeway Canyon Mine, Fondaway Canyon Iron Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -118.21955, 38.81212 (WGS84)
Elevation 1378
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ramsey Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023 N 033 E 36 SE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -118.21955, 38.81212
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Mining method Combined Methods
Plant type Leach

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Tenneco Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office Texas
    Year 1990

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 83, 1974, P. 82; PLATE 2.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1990/1991, PP 211-212.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-DEC-96 Buckingham, David A. 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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