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Divide Mine

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, 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. 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 10045603
MRDS ID M233376
Record type Site
Current site name Divide Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.35149, 41.37684 (WGS84)
Relative position 8 MILES N.W. OF TUSCARORA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Cottonwood Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tuscarora(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rock(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 040N 050E 05 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Analytical data

Result AVG. GRADE WAS .46 OZ AU & 291 OZ AG PER TO

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.35149, 41.37684
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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
Discovery year 1918
Year of first production 1918

Mining district

District name Rock Creek District

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION IN 1918 AND 1929 WAS LESS THAN $5000 WORTH.

Comments on development

  • ONLY MINE IN THE DISTRICT. SMALL PRODUCTION OF AG-AU ORE WAS REPORTED IN 1918, AND ALSO IN 1929, TOTALLING LESS THAN $5000 WORTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH R.M. (1976-56) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV., USGS OPEN-FILE RPT

  • Production

    SMITH, R.M. (1976)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONLY MINE IN DISTRICT. SMALL PRODUCTION OF AG-AU ORE WAS REPORTED IN 1918, ALSO IN 1929. TOTAL WAS LESS THAN $5000 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1979 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.

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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.