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Silver City Mine

Past Producer in Lyon county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Molybdenum, Silver
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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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10142830
MRDS ID M030102
MAS/MILS ID 0320190157
Record type Site
Current site name Silver City Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -119.6454, 39.2638 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Virginia City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(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 Lyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016 N 021 E 08 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -119.6454, 39.2638
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Devils Gate Development Co.
    ID 2601196
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV INDUST COMM DIR OF ACT NEV MINE OPS, APR 1976, P. 41.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-APR-93 Ridenour, James 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.