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Monzonite Placer

Occurrence in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodity REE
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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. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037012
MRDS ID M029080
Record type Site
Current site name Monzonite Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.01399, 41.96933 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Owyhee(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bull Run Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Owyhee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 046N 053E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM IS FOR CENTER OF TOWNSHIP/RANGE SPECIFIED (046N; 053E) GARSIDE GOT HIS REFERENCE FROM ANOTHER SOURCE, HE'S NOT SURE IF IT'S IN THIS TOWNSHIP/RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
REE Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.01399, 41.96933
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mountain City

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1973 , RADIO. MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 81

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MONAZITE-BEARING PLACER REPORTED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Walker, George W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1991 Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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