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Willard Mine

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities 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 10174807
MRDS ID M242911
MAS/MILS ID 0320270831
Record type Site
Current site name Willard Mine
Alternate or previous names Willard Project, Western States Minerals
Related records 10104132, 10310458

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -118.33628, 40.2482 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coal Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028 N 032 E 36 C Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -118.33628, 40.2482
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1989

Mining district

District name Willard

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Western States Minerals Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1996

Comments on the production information

  • MINE IS IN THE PROCESS OF RECLAIMATION, AS OF 1996.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEVADA DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, 1991, DIRECTORY OF

  • Deposit

    NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDER YEAR, 1990,

  • Deposit

    P79.

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, P242.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1994/95, U.S. MINES & MINING

  • Deposit

    COMPANIES, P359.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES & MINING

  • Deposit

    COMPANIES, P279.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-DEC-96 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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