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Adamson Mine

Prospect in Pershing 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. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10270895
MAS/MILS ID 0320270113
Record type Site
Current site name Adamson Mine
Alternate or previous names Midas

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.17957, 40.1632 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buffalo Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Carson Desert(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 027 N 034 E 33 C SE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.17957, 40.1632
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Winnemucca

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 80 ACRES OF RAILROAD LAND. ADJOINS THE JUNIPER (NEVADA QUICKSILVER) MINE. ASSUMED LOCATION: TWO ADITS IN THE SW/4 SW/4 SW/4 SEC. 33. NOTE: THIS SITE SHOULD NOT BE CONFUSED WITH ALTERNATE NAME OF THE ADAMSON PROPERTY (PERSHING MINE) LOCATED TWO MILES TO THE SOUTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-MAR-94 Lowe, Nathan T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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