Molly Prospect

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Tungsten
Sections on this page
  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. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10295346
MAS/MILS ID 0320130024
Record type Site
Current site name Molly Prospect
Alternate or previous names Adelaide

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.49626, 40.80379 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goldrun Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 034 N 040 E 20 SE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.49626, 40.80379

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Gold Run District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES RPT. 2, 1962, P.23

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 59, 1964, TB.25

  • Deposit

    GEOL SOC OF AMERICA SPECIAL PAPER 72, 1962, PT.2

  • Deposit

    USGS OPEN FILE MAP, 1965

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-OCT-94 Olson U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.