Washington Hill Mine

Past Producer in Storey county in Nevada, United States with commodity Mercury
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 10247277
MRDS ID M055255
MAS/MILS ID 0320290016
Record type Site
Current site name Washington Hill Mine
Alternate or previous names Root

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -119.6571, 39.4605 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Storey(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Steamboat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Truckee(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Storey

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018 N 021 E 05 NWNENE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -119.6571, 39.4605

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1941

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    US BUMINES RI 4620, 1950, P. 14-16.

  • Deposit

    US BUMINES RI 5285, 1956, P. 15-17.

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 41, 1944, P. 186-187.

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 70, 1970, P. 99.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-MAR-93 Lipton, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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