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Vargas and Basquez Prospect

Unknown in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodity Mercury
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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 10148780
MRDS ID M055240
MAS/MILS ID 0320010269
Record type Site
Current site name Vargas and Basquez Prospect
Alternate or previous names Mercury Occurrence, Eastgate Dist.
Related records 10092589

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.73424, 39.23682 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Campbell Creek Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015 N 037 E 22 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NOTE: MRDS REPORTS THIS PROPSECT IN THE NW/4 SW/4 SW/4 SEC. 15, T. 15 N., R. 37 E.; PUBLICATIONS REPORT ITS LOCATION AS IN T. 15 N., R. 39 E., ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EASTGATE. TAKE YOUR PICK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.73424, 39.23682
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Eastgate

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 41, 1944, P. 50.

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. MAP 7, 1962, MAP NO. 4.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8252, 1965, TABLE 24, P. 297.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-APR-1994 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) 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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