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Meri's Con Virginia No. 1

Prospect in Storey county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10295936
MAS/MILS ID 0320290123
Record type Site
Current site name Meri's Con Virginia No. 1

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -119.6493, 39.3102 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Storey(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Virginia City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Storey

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017 N 021 E 29 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -119.6493, 39.3102
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Marshall Earth Resources, Inc.
    ID 2601969
    Year 1991

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1991, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1990, P. 81.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-SEP-1991 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 09/08/1988
MSHA mine ID2601969
Mine name (MSHA)Meri'S Con Virginia #1
Current operatorMarshall Earth Resources Inc
Current controller (parent)Hugh Roy Marshall
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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