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Tem Piute Mine and Mill

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10295177
MRDS ID ISM0526
MAS/MILS ID 0320179006
Record type Site
Current site name Tem Piute Mine and Mill
Alternate or previous names Tempiute Mine and Mill Mill, Emerson Mine, Emerson Mine & Mill
Related records 60000736

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.63147, 37.64166 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tempiute Mountain North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Timpahute Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sand Spring-Tikaboo Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003 S 056 E 36 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.63147, 37.64166
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Tem Piute

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Union Carbide Corp.
    Home office California
    Year 1975
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Umetco Metals Corp.
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1984

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1976, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1975, P. 36.

  • Deposit

    NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1985, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1984, P. 43.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-JAN-94 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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