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Rochester Mines

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10150157
MRDS ID M060371
MAS/MILS ID 0320270324
Record type Site
Current site name Rochester Mines
Alternate or previous names Rochester Mine, Rochester Consolidated, Rochester Group Mine
Related records 10042547, 10247172, 10310354

Comments on the site names

  • MAY BE PART OF THE ROCHESTER (GROUP) MINE; MAS SEQ 0320270673 ALSO COVERS PARTS OF SECTION 15.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.15657, 40.2866 (WGS84)
Elevation 2060
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rochester(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Carson Desert(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028 N 034 E 16 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.15657, 40.2866
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1915

Mining district

District name Rochester

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM BULL 580, 1915, PP. 325-372, 576.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 762, 1924, P 59-64, PT 1

  • Deposit

    USBM INFORM CIRC 6902, 1936, P 28

  • Deposit

    USGS GEOL QUAD MAP GQ-820, 1969

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 89, 1977, P 80, 82-83, PL 2A

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-AUG-97 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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusActive since 10/21/1985
MSHA mine ID2601941
Mine name (MSHA)Rochester Mine
Current operatorCoeur Rochester, Inc.
Current controller (parent)Coeur Mining, Inc.
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (496 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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