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Oswell Pros.

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046443
MRDS ID M241604
Record type Site
Current site name Oswell Pros.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.96199, 37.77356 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 5 MILES EAST AND A SHORT DIST. SOUTH OF WATER TANK AT CEDAR SPRINGS IN THE NORTH END OF THE BELTED RANGE SHOWING CINNABAR., Within One Mile; Exact Location Uncertain

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Top(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Timpahute Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(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 002S 053E 13 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Mr. Oswell Of Tonopah

Mining district

District name Black Hawk

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H., & PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF NEV., NBMG, BULL 41, P. 154

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-83 Lyles, B.F. (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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