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Ripsaw

Unknown in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10173485
MAS/MILS ID 0320070673
Record type Site
Current site name Ripsaw

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.79235, 41.2446 (WGS84)
Elevation 1780
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Midas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tuscarora(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rock(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 039 N 046 E 21 NW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -116.79235, 41.2446
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Circle District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Valley Mining Inc
    Interest 49
    Year 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, ROSCOE M. MINERAL RESOUUCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOL. USRVEY. OPEN-FILE REPORT 1976-56. 1976, P. 75.

  • Deposit

    STATE OF NEVADA. DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS

  • Deposit

    ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982, COMPILED BY DIVISION

  • Deposit

    OF MINE INSPECTION, 1983, 60 PP. \0\0\0\0\0\0

  • Deposit

    ROTT, 1931, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GOLD CIRCLE MINING DIST.,

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL.12,PL.1

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-DEC-96 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

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