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Black Scorpio Placer

Occurrence in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10296194
MAS/MILS ID 0320270750
Record type Site
Current site name Black Scorpio Placer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -118.9652, 40.78658 (WGS84)
Elevation 1275
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cholona(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 034 N 027 E 28 NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO IN SECS. 20, 21, AND 29.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -118.9652, 40.78658
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mitchell, Howard B.
    Year 1969

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-JAN-93 Miller U.S. Bureau of Mines

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