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April Fool Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Bismuth, 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. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10222321
MRDS ID M032087
MAS/MILS ID 0320170118
Record type Site
Current site name April Fool Mine
Alternate or previous names April Fool, Swifter
Related records 10037386

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.76664, 37.45937 (WGS84)
Elevation 1902
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Delamar(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clover Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dry Lake 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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006 S 064 E 01 NWSWNE Nevada

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.76664, 37.45937
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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 Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Delamar (Ferguson) District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 30A, 1937, P. 58-60;

  • Deposit

    FIG. 2.

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 73, 1970, TABLE 14, P. 141

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-JAN-94 Ridenour, James 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

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