Cucomungo Depost

Prospect in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Rhenium
Sections on this page
  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 10222454
MRDS ID M030123
MAS/MILS ID 0320090089
Record type Site
Current site name Cucomungo Depost
Alternate or previous names Alum Gulch Deposit, Cucamunga Deposit, Tule Canyon Deposit, Poison Spring Deposit, Sorenson and Roper Properties, Siskon Property, Chessler Property, Alum Creek Deposit
Related records 10174082

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.62032, 37.35825 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tule Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Last Chance Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Death Valley-Lower Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007 S 039 E 02 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO IN SECTION 3, FOUR MILES SOUTH OF MAGRUDER MTN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Rhenium Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Crossbedded quartzite, siltstone, and phyllite

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF ;MINES REPORT 2, 1962, PP. 17-18

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 78, 1972, PP. 58-59

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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