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Mink Mine

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045488
MRDS ID M233245
Record type Site
Current site name Mink Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.65731, 41.74462 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cornwall Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jarbidge Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(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

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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 045N 056E 33 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • AT HEAD OF ROSEBUD CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.65731, 41.74462
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Island Mt.

Comments on development

  • GOLD MINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COASH, JOHN R. (1967) GEOL. OF THE MOUNT VELMA QUAD., ELKO CO., NEV. NBMG BULL. 68

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT LIES AT THE JUNCTION OF SEVERAL FAULTS-GOLD MINE
Deposit DEPOSIT LIES AT JUNCTION OF SOME NORTH-TRENDING NORMAL FAULTS, A NORTHEAST-TRENDING NORMAL FAULT, AND AN EAST-TRENDING REVERSE FAULT (COASH, P. 19) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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.