Warm Springs #3

Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gemstone
Sections on this page
  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045827
MRDS ID M233665
Record type Site
Current site name Warm Springs #3

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.3845, 38.17772 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Utm To Near Center Of The Section

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Warm Springs Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warm Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad 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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004N 050E 30 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • HOT CREEK VALLEY (EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN) ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Turquoise Ore

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tybo District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Warm Springs Turquoise Co.
    First year 1980

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT

Comments on development

  • OPEN PIT MINE ACTIVE IN 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PRELIMINARY DRAFT, VOL. I, MINERAL RESOURCES SURVEY, NEVADA/UTAH SITING AREA, PREPARED FOR USAF BY FUGRO NATIONAL, INC., 31 OCTOBER 1980, TABLE 5-5

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-82 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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