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Wheeler

Unknown in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodity Silver
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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. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10271912
MAS/MILS ID 0320330171
Record type Site
Current site name Wheeler
Alternate or previous names Silver King Claim

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -115.47588, 39.22993 (WGS84)
Elevation 2682

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Treasure Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Hamilton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016 N 058 E 29 NWNWNW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -115.47588, 39.22993
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1981
    Total resources 5443200mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 102.8 g/mt Silver Major 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    WESTERN MINING NEWS, 6/1/81

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR MIN BULL 57, 1960, PP.91, 92.

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR MIN BULL 85, 1976, PL.2.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-JAN-1984 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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