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Old Virginia City Mines

Unknown in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Uranium
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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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10125419
MAS/MILS ID 0320210359
Record type Site
Current site name Old Virginia City Mines

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -118.68286, 38.30682 (WGS84)
Elevation 2780
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Powell Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker Lake(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005 N 030 E 07 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • MAYBE LOCATED IN SECT. 8

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Silver Primary
Uranium Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -118.68286, 38.30682
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY, BULL 81 1973 P.81

  • Deposit

    U.S.ATOMIC ENERGY COMM.PRELIM RECONN REPT 3618.

  • Deposit

    MAY ALSO BE LOCATED IN SECTION 8

  • Deposit

    SEVERAL PITS, ADITS, SHAFTS AS A RESULT OF EXPLORATION FOR

  • Deposit

    COPPER AND SILVER

  • Deposit

    MINERALIZED FRACTURES IN GRANITE CONTAIN URANIUM ALSO

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-SEP-88 Schmauch, Steven W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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.