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Nevada Cinnabar Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10295704
MRDS ID M055038
MAS/MILS ID 0320230061
Record type Site
Current site name Nevada Cinnabar Mine
Alternate or previous names Shoshone Quicksilver
Related records 10310478, 10040323

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.55514, 38.91412 (WGS84)
Elevation 2382
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

Ione(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 012 N 039 E 14 NWNENE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • AT HEAD OF SHEEP CANYON NEAR CREST OF SHOSHONE RANGE; ABOUT FIVE MILES SE OF IONE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.55514, 38.91412
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Union

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 50, 1951,

  • Deposit

    P. 204-205.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 41, 1944, P. 151, PLATES

  • Deposit

    1 AND 16.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8252, 1965, P. 254.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 5285, 1956, P. 24.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY TOPO MAP, IONE, 1948, SCALE 1:62,500.

  • Deposit

    HAMILTON, M.M., 1993, MINES, PROSPECTS, AND MINERAL

  • Deposit

    OCCURRENCES IN THAT PART OF THE SHOSHONE RANGE, NEVADA,

  • Deposit

    ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST: U.S. BUREAU OF

  • Deposit

    MINES MLA OPEN-FILE REPORT 16-93, P. 41.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-JUL-95 Hamilton U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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