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Needles Area

Prospect in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodity Geothermal
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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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10135370
MAS/MILS ID 0320310301
Record type Site
Current site name Needles Area
Alternate or previous names Needles, Paiute No. 1 Well

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.67321, 40.14659 (WGS84)
Elevation 1158
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

The Needle Rocks(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kumiva Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 026 N 021 E 06 NESWSW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Geothermal Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.67321, 40.14659
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Well
Development status Prospect
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Western Geothermal, Inc.
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1962

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT BIA-38, 1977, P. 32.

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.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.