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Sutro Mine

Past Producer in Storey county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, 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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10222233
MAS/MILS ID 0320290111
Record type Site
Current site name Sutro Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -119.6454, 39.3249 (WGS84)
Elevation 1841
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Storey(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Virginia City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Storey

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016 N 021 E 02 NENESE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -119.6454, 39.3249
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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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MONOGRAPH 3, 1882, P. 412.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINE MAP REPOSITORY (WFOC).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-MAR-93 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 10/21/2016
MSHA mine ID2602220
Mine name (MSHA)SUTRO MINE
Current operatorConsolidated Virginia Mining Company
Current controller (parent)Hugh Roy Marshall
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (1952 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.