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Mercury Prospect

Prospect in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10281558
MRDS ID M055431
MAS/MILS ID 0320230377
Record type Site
Current site name Mercury Prospect
Related records 10095485

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.75564, 38.96382 (WGS84)
Elevation 2194
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ellsworth(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013 N 038 E 30 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.75564, 38.96382
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 50, 1951, P. 113

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 4-91, 1991, APPENDIX B,

  • Deposit

    TABLES B-1 AND B-2, SAMPLE 629; PLATE 2.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-JUL-91 Johnson 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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