San Emidio Prospect

Occurrence in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodities Mercury, Sulfur
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 10247410
MRDS ID M055427
MAS/MILS ID 0320310145
Record type Site
Current site name San Emidio Prospect
Alternate or previous names Mud Flat Prospect, San Emidio
Related records 10040595

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -119.40041, 40.39658 (WGS84)
Elevation 1256
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

San Emidio Desert North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kumiva Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Smoke Creek Desert(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029 N 023 E 09 E2 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Sulfur Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -119.40041, 40.39658

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 70, 1969, P. 94-96.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-MAR-93 Schmauch, Steven W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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