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Black Rock

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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 10247312
MRDS ID D001223
MAS/MILS ID 0320270008
Record type Site
Current site name Black Rock
Alternate or previous names Esther, Black Canyon
Related records 10111399

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -118.51518, 40.38179 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Natchez Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029 N 031 E 12 NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO IN SEC. 16

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -118.51518, 40.38179
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL. 89, 1977, P. 96-978 PL. 2A

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL. 65, 1964, P. 158

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 725, 1922, P. 292

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING (1963)

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING (1964) NEV BUR MIN BULL 65

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.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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