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Barrel Springs

Prospect in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Tungsten
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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. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10150298
MAS/MILS ID 0320270007
Record type Site
Current site name Barrel Springs
Alternate or previous names Oscar Prospect, Bud, Thorn, NBMG Sample 1800

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.66929, 40.79298 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
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

Sulphur(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 034 N 029 E 24 SE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.66929, 40.79298
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rosebud

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NV BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 41, 1944, P. 177.

  • Deposit

    TATLOCK, 1969, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE MAP.

  • Deposit

    JONES, SMITH AND STODDARD, 1931.

  • Deposit

    MILLER, M.S., 1993, EMIGRANT TRAIL STUDY AREA, U.S. BUREAU

  • Deposit

    OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 7-93, P. 87.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-JUL-94 Olson 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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