| Deposit ID | 10305591 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0320150490 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Cahill Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Cahill, Crown Point Mine Claims, Peer Prospect, Two Watts Claims, Aw Claims, Mcginness Prospect, Cahill Claims, Millsite, Galliger Group |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -116.98673, 39.38522 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1975 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lander(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Simpson Park Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Summit Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Northern 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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Lander |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 018 N | 044 E | 36 | NWNWNW | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Tungsten Critical | Tertiary |
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Main Entrance (1) | Basin Assemblage - Shale, chert, quartzite, greenstone, and limestone |
|---|
| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Birch Creek District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0320150490 |
NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 88, 1977, P. 71.
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 594, 1915, PLATE 13.
UNPUBLISHED REPORT, AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT
PART OF THE TOIYABE RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS
TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE MCGINNESS PROSPECT, NORTH OF CAHILL MINE, IS ALSO PUT IN THIS FILE. THE AREA BETWEEN THE CAHILL MINE (TWO WATTS CLAIMS) AND THE LOWBOY MINE (BLACKBIRD CLAIMS) WAS DIVIDED HALFWAY. SOME INFORMATION MAY BE FOUND IN LOWBOY MPF (0320150175). ANOMALOUS ARSENIC, MOLYBDENUM, BISMUTH, CADMIUM, GALLIUM, SELENIUM, THALLIUM, ANTIMONY. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 25-APR-95 | Lipton, David A. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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