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Prodigal Mine

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Arsenic, 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. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10222302
MRDS ID M232716
MAS/MILS ID 0320130143
Record type Site
Current site name Prodigal Mine
Alternate or previous names Low Copper Prospect, Bull Creek Claims
Related records 10045058

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.55599, 41.13708 (WGS84)
Elevation 2100
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

King Lear Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackson Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 038 N 031 E 30 NENW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.55599, 41.13708
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Red Butte

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 59, 1964, TB17.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 10-87, 1987, P. 75-77.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-MAR-94 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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