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Mcadoo Mine

Past Producer in Humboldt 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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10271369
MRDS ID M055028
MAS/MILS ID 0320130134
Record type Site
Current site name Mcadoo Mine
Alternate or previous names Bluebird Mine
Related records 10040313

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.32039, 41.35848 (WGS84)
Elevation 1621
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bottle Creek Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackson Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 040 N 033 E 07 NESWSW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO IN T40 N, R32 E, SEC 13

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.32039, 41.35848
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bottle Creek District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR MIN BULL 59 TB 17

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOL SUR BULL 922-A, 1940, P. 22

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUR OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 5285, 1956, P. 42

  • Deposit

    SEE BOTTLE CREEK 15 MIN QUAD

  • Deposit

    SEE MPF 0320130133 ALSO FOR DETAILED DESCRIPTION & PHOTOS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-MAR-94 Lowe, Nathan T. 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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