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Nevada Hydraulic Mining Co. Placer

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045613
MRDS ID M233389
Record type Site
Current site name Nevada Hydraulic Mining Co. Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.24037, 41.32129 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position +150m-Large Area

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tuscarora(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tuscarora(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Owyhee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 040N 051E 33 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • PLACER WORKS DRY WASH IN SEC. 33, JUST WEST OF THE COMMONWEALTH MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.24037, 41.32129
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET, LENSES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Tuscarora District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, R.M. (1976) USGS OFR 76-56 P 167

  • Deposit

    NOLAN, T.B. (1936) NBMG BULL 25.

  • Production

    SMITH, R.M. (1976), P.167

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-79 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

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