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Horse Canyon Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10149843
MRDS ID M055299
MAS/MILS ID 0320230333
Record type Site
Current site name Horse Canyon Mine
Alternate or previous names Hc Claims, Horse Canyon Mercury Mine, Lida Claim, Mercury Claims, Virgin Claims, Lucille Claim
Related records 10040493

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.28402, 38.65103 (WGS84)
Elevation 2243
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Toms Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 009 N 042 E 08 SENWSE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.28402, 38.65103
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • AMOMALOUS ARSENIC, GALLIUM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jett District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Jones C. And Mary Jane Zunino (Lida Claim)
    Year 1990
  • Type Owner
    Owner Snocat Mining Co. Inc. (Mercury Claims)
    Year 1990

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 38, 1944,

  • Deposit

    P. 155 AND 156, SERIES NO. 41, PLATE NO. 5.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 50, 1951, P. 85.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8252, 1965, P. 279 AND 296.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 99B, 1984, P. 122,

  • Deposit

    125-126.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-96 Lipton, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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