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Lowboy Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodity Uranium
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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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10246840
MRDS ID W016486
MAS/MILS ID 0320150175
Record type Site
Current site name Lowboy Mine
Alternate or previous names Anomaly No 5, Low Boy Claims

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -116.97733, 39.41602 (WGS84)
Elevation 2066
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Simpson Park Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Summit Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern 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 Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018 N 044 E 13 SWSE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -116.97733, 39.41602
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    4 CARS OF ORE (0.26 PERCENT U308) SHIPPED IN 1959 BROUGHT $8

  • Deposit

    3 OF THESE FROM N ADITS, AND 4TH FROM SHAFT AREA.

  • Deposit

    ADDTIONAL ORE MAY HAVE BEEN PROD FROM S TRENCH AND ADIT

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 81, 1973, P. 64

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 88, 1977, P. 75

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-NOV-83 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.

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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.