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Ledbetter Canyon Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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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 10222178
MAS/MILS ID 0320230334
Record type Site
Current site name Ledbetter Canyon Mine
Alternate or previous names Ferir Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.43703, 38.74803 (WGS84)
Elevation 2712
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

Farrington Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Reese(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010 N 040 E 12 NW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.43703, 38.74803
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 50, 1951, P. 85

  • Deposit

    USGS GEOL MAP, GQ-40, 1954, 1/125,000

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 10-89, 1989, P. 32.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-AUG-91 Johnson 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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