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Black Mountain Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodity Copper
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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 10149155
MAS/MILS ID 0320210111
Record type Site
Current site name Black Mountain Mine
Alternate or previous names Yerington Mountain Copper Co, Beach Vein

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.91097, 38.95271 (WGS84)
Elevation 2097
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hussman Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013 N 027 E 36 NWNWNW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.91097, 38.95271
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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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL. 58, 1961, TB. 6.4 PT 1

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 594, 1915, P. 131

  • Deposit

    BUR OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, STATUS OF MINERAL RESOURCE INFORMA-

  • Deposit

    TION FOR THE WALKER RIVER INDIAN RESERVATION, NEVADA,

  • Deposit

    ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT BIA-21, 44PP, P.26

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-NOV-83 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

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