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Big Cliff Mine

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodity Salt
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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 10294230
MAS/MILS ID 0320030017
Record type Site
Current site name Big Cliff Mine
Alternate or previous names Big Salt Cliff Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.37612, 36.41139 (WGS84)
Elevation 366
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Valley of Fire East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Mead(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Mead(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lake Mead National Recreation Area(National Recreation Area)

National Recreation Area NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017 S 068 E 34 C SE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Salt Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.37612, 36.41139
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Recreation Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR MINES BULL 62 1965, P. 162, 208.

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR MINES BULL.87 1976 PP. 15, 16.

  • Deposit

    DEPOSIT IS UNDER WATER OF LAKE MEAD.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-FEB-93 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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.