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Wedge Mine

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10150447
MAS/MILS ID 0320330385
Record type Site
Current site name Wedge Mine
Alternate or previous names Wedge Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -114.95277, 39.26104 (WGS84)
Elevation 2066
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ruth(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring-Steptoe Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016 N 062 E 12 NWSWSW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -114.95277, 39.26104
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Robinson Mining Ltd. Partnership
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1993

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 85, 1976, P.71 AND TABLE 16, F16. 3

  • Deposit

    ROBINSON PROJECT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, 1993.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE OF FIVE PAST PRODUCING OPEN PIT MINES THAT ARE PART OF THE PROPOSED ROBINSON PROJECT (0320339014).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-JUL-93 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.