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Slate Range Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040607
MRDS ID M055444
Record type Site
Current site name Slate Range Mine
Alternate or previous names Pope Claims
Related records 10197275

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.2698, 37.40995 (WGS84)
Relative position 9 MI SW OF LIDA JUNCTION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Jackson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Last Chance Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cactus-Sarcobatus Flats(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006S 042E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.2698, 37.40995
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Slate Range District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner General Mercury Corp.
    Home office C/O Goldfield Motel, Goldfield, 89013. Mark Lintz, Manager.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCING, 1969

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GALLAGHER, M. J., 1969, NEVADA MINES, MILLS, AND SMELTERS - IN OPERATION AS OF JULY 1, 1969: STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, CARSON CITY, NEVADA, 19 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1976 Gassaway, Judith S. 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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