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Washington Mine

Occurrence in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Tungsten, Silver, Zinc, Gold, Antimony
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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. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046922
MRDS ID M242151
Record type Site
Current site name Washington Mine
Alternate or previous names Prospects On Mt. Washington Visited By Usbm, Samples #45, 47, 48

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.30584, 38.91773 (WGS84)
Elevation 3429
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position To One Prospect

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wheeler Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Garrison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hamlin-Snake Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Great Basin National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012N 068E 11 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN-ON MT. WASHINGTON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Gold Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.30584, 38.91773
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1869

Mining district

District name Mount Washington (Lincoln, Stlawrence, Mt. Wheeler) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • PITS

Comments on development

  • FIRST DISCOVERY IN THE DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOSE, R.K., BLAKE, M.C. JR. & SMITH R.M., 1976, NBMG BULL 85, PT. 2.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, OPEN FILE REPORT MLA 56-83.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-83 La Pointe, D.D. (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.