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Irwin Mine & Prospects

Prospect in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Zinc
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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. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10198383
MAS/MILS ID 0320230441
Record type Site
Current site name Irwin Mine & Prospects
Alternate or previous names Gold Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.55337, 38.38215 (WGS84)
Elevation 1853
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bullwhacker Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Quinn Canyon Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad Valleys(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006 N 057 E 15 NW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Carbonate Shelf Sequence - Dolomite, limestone, and shale
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Troy

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 50, 1951, P. 177-178.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 31-88, 1988, SAMPLES

  • Deposit

    114-131, TABLE 1, P. 61; PLATE 1.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-JUN-93 Kness, Richard F. 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.