Red Mountain Turquoise

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10173475
MAS/MILS ID 0320150244
Record type Site
Current site name Red Mountain Turquoise

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -116.86153, 40.05051 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wood Spring Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crescent Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(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 Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025 N 045 E 12 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -116.86153, 40.05051

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DIRECTORY OF ACTIVE NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS, 1975, P.30

  • Deposit

    OFFICE OF THE NEV STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES

  • Deposit

    D B POTTS OWNER PO BOX 629 TONOPAH NV 89049

  • Deposit

    PROPERTY ACTIVE ONLY FOR 1 YEAR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-SEP-88 Schmauch, Steven W. 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.