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Franco-American Mine

Past Producer in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, 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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10295798
MAS/MILS ID 0320310114
Record type Site
Current site name Franco-American Mine
Alternate or previous names Franco-American, Nevada Dominio Mine, Blondin Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -119.61711, 39.86269 (WGS84)
Elevation 1359
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moses Rock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pyramid-Winnemucca Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023 N 021 E 15 SESWNW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO IN SEC 16

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -119.61711, 39.86269
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WALLACE, ANDY, R., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE

  • Deposit

    PYRAMID DISTRICT, SOUTHERN WASHOE COUNTY, NEVADA: PH.D.,

  • Deposit

    UNIV OF NEVADA, RENO, 1975, PP. 67,80-82,87.

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.F. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND

  • Deposit

    STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA. NEV BUR OF MINES & GEOL. BULL.

  • Deposit

    70, 1970, P. 84.

  • Deposit

    OVERTON, T.D. MINERAL RESOURCES OF DOUGLAS, ORMSBY, AND

  • Deposit

    WASHOE COUNTIES, UNIV. NEV. BULL., VOL. 41, NO.9 (NEV BUR

  • Deposit

    OF MINES & GEOL. BULL. 46), 1947, P. 81.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-MAR-1993 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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