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Wheeler Ranch Prospect

Past Producer in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10150208
MRDS ID M055251
MAS/MILS ID 0320310144
Record type Site
Current site name Wheeler Ranch Prospect
Related records 10040458

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -119.84711, 39.45929 (WGS84)
Elevation 1603
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Rose NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Truckee(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018 N 019 E 04 NENE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN SECS 3,4,T18N-R19E; SECS 33,34,T19N-R19E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -119.84711, 39.45929
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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 Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Year of first production 1875

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 41, 1944, P. 193, PLATE 1.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 458A, 1964, P. A46.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORM. CIRC. 8252, 1965, P. 286; TABLE 24,

  • Deposit

    P. 299.

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 70, 1969, P. 94.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-MAR-93 Ridenour, James 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

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