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Wholey Mine

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Arsenic, Gold, Mercury, Silver, Zinc
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10295236
MRDS ID M055341
MAS/MILS ID 0320130461
Record type Site
Current site name Wholey Mine
Alternate or previous names Whaley's, Wholey's Quicksilver, Long Horn Group
Related records 10040528

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.45537, 41.35519 (WGS84)
Elevation 1687
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

Hot Springs Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Osgood Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(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 040 E 10 NESWSE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Mercury Primary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.45537, 41.35519
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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
Year of first production 1941

Mining district

District name Poverty Peak

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-MAR-94 Crandell, William D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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