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Orion Mine

Past Producer in Lyon county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10271339
MAS/MILS ID 0320190176
Record type Site
Current site name Orion Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -119.47039, 39.1735 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Como(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Carson(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 Lyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015 N 022 E 12 SESWSW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • MAP DOES NOT SHOW LOCATION WITHIN THE INDIAN SPRINGS DISTRICT. HOWEVER, IT DOES SHOW THE MINE IN THE VICINITY OF THE ROGER SHERIDAN MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -119.47039, 39.1735
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Indian Springs

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINE MAP REPOSITORY (WFOC).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-APR-1993 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Nevada resources

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