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Columbia

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Kaolin, Molybdenum, Tungsten
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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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10173875
MRDS ID M030066
MAS/MILS ID 0320090273
Record type Site
Current site name Columbia
Alternate or previous names Goldfield Geochem 0320090744, Columbia Mt. Alunite 0320090030, Columbia Mtn. West Tunnel, Columbia Mtn. East Tunnel, Goldfield Mill 0320099018, Goldfield Mine 0320090415, Goldfield Vector 0320090727
Related records 10037019

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.23231, 37.72245 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002 S 042 E 35 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO POSSIBLY LOCATED IN SECTION 36 SEE ALT NAME TABLE FOR POSSIBLE RELATED PROPERTIES

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.23231, 37.72245
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Goldfield District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Other
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING, J.H., 1962, AN INVENTORY OF MOLYBDENUM

  • Deposit

    OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES REPT. 2, PP. 16.

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING, J.H., 1979, MOLYBDENUM RESOURCES IN NEVADA:

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES OF 79-3, P. 95.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-AUG-1996 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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