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Burning Moscow Mine

Past Producer in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044786
MRDS ID M232375
Record type Site
Current site name Burning Moscow Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.99257, 39.43715 (WGS84)
Elevation 2591

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pinto Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Hamilton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Smoky-Newark Valleys(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 Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018N 053E 10 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM APPROX

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Jasperoid Occurs Nearby

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Eldorado Dolomite
    Rock description Eldorado Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.99257, 39.43715
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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 Eureka District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION INCLUDED SOME ZINC.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS R.J., ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV., NEW BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64

  • Deposit

    USB OF M (ELY) MILS NO 108, REF. NO 3201100145, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 37.580

  • Deposit

    NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT NEV., USGS PP. 406

  • Production

    NOLAN, T.B. (1962)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRATABOUND REPLACEMENT OREBODIES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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