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Blue Can

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodity Mercury
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  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 10174176
MRDS ID M055025
MAS/MILS ID 0320130133
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Can
Alternate or previous names Bottle Creek Mercury Mine, Tin Can
Related records 10040307

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.33349, 41.35458 (WGS84)
Elevation 1634
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bottle Creek Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackson Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 040 N 033 E 13 SESESE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.33349, 41.35458
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GEOL SURVEY BULL 922-A, 1940, P. 19

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 41, 1944, P.83, PLS.1&7

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 59, 1964, TB17

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 8252 1965, P.229

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-AUG-88 Lipton, David A. 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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