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Sunshine Spring Prospect Area

Prospect in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10149299
MAS/MILS ID 0320090746
Record type Site
Current site name Sunshine Spring Prospect Area

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -117.93623, 37.79164 (WGS84)
Elevation 1710
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rhyolite Ridge SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003 S 036 E 15 NE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -117.93623, 37.79164
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sunshine Mining Co.
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1987

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 17-87, 1987, TABLE 1,

  • Deposit

    NO. 2, P. 12.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-SEP-91 Close, Terry J. 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.