Dixie Mine

Past Producer in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10173102
MAS/MILS ID 0320010062
Record type Site
Current site name Dixie Mine
Alternate or previous names Dixie

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.31676, 39.42711 (WGS84)
Elevation 1732
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

La Plata Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018 N 033 E 18 NE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.31676, 39.42711

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Charles S. Jacobs
    Interest 100
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1990

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, 1973, NEVADA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, P. 7.

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 83, 1974, P. 50.

  • Deposit

    THOMPSON, R.J., AND BOLENEUS, D.E. MINERAL RESOURCE EVALU-

  • Deposit

    ATION AND SOCIOECONOMIC STUDY OF THE PROPOSED MASTERE LAD

  • Deposit

    WITHDRAWAL AT NAVAL AIR STATION FALLON, CHURCHILL COUNTY,

  • Deposit

    NEVADA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT FOR THE

  • Deposit

    U.S. NAVY, 1991, FIG. 4-3, P. 44.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-MAY-92 Thompson U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.