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Major Davis

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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 10125541
MRDS ID M231456
MAS/MILS ID 0320270001
Record type Site
Current site name Major Davis
Alternate or previous names Ben Jackson Prospect
Related records 10044115

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.16768, 40.82679 (WGS84)
Elevation 2080
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Woody Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 034 N 034 E 16 NENW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.16768, 40.82679
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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 Mill City District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES TUNGSTEN NEVADA GRANT.

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO.

  • Deposit

    LUTSEY AND NICHOLS (1972).

  • Deposit

    MILLER, 1996, MLA REPORT IN PREPARATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-OCT-94 Miller 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

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