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Mount Wheeler Area

Occurrence in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities REE, Uranium
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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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10223459
MAS/MILS ID 0320330153
Record type Site
Current site name Mount Wheeler Area

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.28414, 38.94995 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wheeler Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Garrison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hamlin-Snake Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Great Basin National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013 N 069 E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • PROSPECT IS REPORTED IN THE CENTER OF T. 13 N., R. 69 E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
REE Critical Tertiary
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -114.28414, 38.94995
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 81, 1973, P. 108.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-FEB-1994 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.