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Lower Dry Cottonwood

Unknown in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gemstone, Sapphire, Gold, Lead, Silver
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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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10222137
MAS/MILS ID 0320230099
Record type Site
Current site name Lower Dry Cottonwood
Alternate or previous names Tonopah Extension, Dry Cottonwood Creek

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.23482, 38.07104 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky 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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003 N 042 E 35 NWNESW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gemstone Tertiary
Sapphire Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.23482, 38.07104
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gem River Co.
    Year 1995

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 51, 1953, P. 54.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 42, 1905,

  • Deposit

    P. 181-184.

  • Deposit

    PERSONAL COMMUNICATION WITH ROBIN MCCULLUCH, MONTANA BUREAU

  • Deposit

    OF MINES & GEOLOGY, BUTTE, MT, 1995.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROPERTY IN PERMITTING AND EXPLORATION STAGE IN 1995.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-AUG-1995 Lowe, Nathan T. 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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