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Ione Mercury Mine

Unknown in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Mercury
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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 10246462
MRDS ID M055465
MAS/MILS ID 0320230127
Record type Site
Current site name Ione Mercury Mine
Alternate or previous names Mercury Mining Co
Related records 10040619

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.55314, 38.93272 (WGS84)
Elevation 2357
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ione(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012 N 039 E 02 NESESE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • THREE MILES SE OF IONE, NV.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.55314, 38.93272
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ione

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 4952, 1952, P. 5-6.

  • Deposit

    HAMILTON, M.M., 1993, MINES, PROSPECTS, AND MINERAL

  • Deposit

    OCCURRENCES IN THAT PART OF THE SHOSHONE RANGE, NEVADA,

  • Deposit

    ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST: U.S. BUREAU OF

  • Deposit

    OF MINES MLA OPEN-FILE REPORT 16-93, P. 36.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-JUN-95 Hamilton 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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