New Northwest Light Mine

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10125297
MRDS ID M242641
MAS/MILS ID 0320130246
Record type Site
Current site name New Northwest Light Mine
Alternate or previous names Jackson Creek Mine, New Olympia, New Graphic, New Millard, Nw Light, Harrison Grove Mine
Related records 10047354

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.5043, 41.31928 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hobo Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackson Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 040 N 031 E 21 NWSESE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Jackson Mountains District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ON JACKSON CREEK,ON W SLOPE OF JACKSON MTS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-MAR-1994 Lowe, Nathan T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.