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Prison Hill Mine

Prospect in Carson City county in Nevada, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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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 10197937
MAS/MILS ID 0325100014
Record type Site
Current site name Prison Hill Mine
Alternate or previous names Prison Hill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -119.7316, 39.1346 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carson City(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

New Empire(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Carson City

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015 N 020 E 27 N2SW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -119.7316, 39.1346
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMALL BARITE PODS IN ANDESITE

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 75, 1969, P. 36.

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, 1973, NEVADA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, P. 36.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-MAR-93 Ridenour, James 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

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