Best Bet

Occurrence in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Perlite
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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10174012
MAS/MILS ID 0320010559
Record type Site
Current site name Best Bet

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -118.75958, 39.9782 (WGS84)
Elevation 1350
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

White Plains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson Sink(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 024 N 029 E 06 SENE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Perlite Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -118.75958, 39.9782

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • PORPHYRITIC BLACK PERCITE CAPROCK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Toy

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MILLER, M.S., U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MLA REPORT IN PROGRESS,

  • Deposit

    1994.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-SEP-94 Miller 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.