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Fox Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gemstone
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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 10149848
MAS/MILS ID 0320150243
Record type Site
Current site name Fox Mine
Alternate or previous names Cortez Turquoise Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -116.66173, 40.16771 (WGS84)
Elevation 1684
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cortez Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crescent Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 027 N 047 E 34 NE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -116.66173, 40.16771
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GEMSTONE COMMODITY IS TURQUOISE

  • Deposit

    NEV. INDUS COMM DIR OF ACT NEV MINE OPS JAN 31 1977 P. 27

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUR. OF MINES RPT. 17, 1968, P. 19

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 88, 1977, P. 78

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.