Dixon Manganese-Tungsten Deposit

Prospect in Carson City county in Nevada, United States with commodities Manganese, 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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10296288
MRDS ID D001249
MAS/MILS ID 0325100003
Record type Site
Current site name Dixon Manganese-Tungsten Deposit
Alternate or previous names Dixon, Dixon Brothers Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -119.6149, 39.1705 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carson City(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dayton(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)

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 Carson City

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015 N 021 E 15 NENW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -119.6149, 39.1705

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 75, 1969, P. 31.

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 105, 1988, P. 30-31.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-MAR-93 Ridenour, James 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.