K and K

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodity Mercury
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 10173893
MRDS ID M055355
MAS/MILS ID 0320130119
Record type Site
Current site name K and K
Alternate or previous names Golconda Quicksilver, Aurum Co, Red Devil
Related records 10040538

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.49456, 41.11099 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Anderson Gardens(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Osgood Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 037 N 040 E 05 NWNWSE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.49456, 41.11099

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.W. BUR OF MINES INFORM CIRC 8252, 1965, P. 271

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL.41,1944,P.91,PL.1

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF. PAPER 431,1964,P.92,121

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL.59,1964,TB15

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-NOV-1983 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.

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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