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Northern Lights

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103590
MRDS ID M035059
Record type Site
Current site name Northern Lights

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.89458, 38.90824 (WGS84)
Elevation 2118
Relative position NO. END WASSUK RANGE 4 MI NW OF SCHURZ

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hussman Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012N 028E 18 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 5 SHAFTS UNSURVEYED LANDS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.89458, 38.90824
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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

Mining district

District name Mountain View: Granite

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHAFTS AND SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

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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