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Whitmore Mine

Prospect in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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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 10198086
MRDS ID M241519
MAS/MILS ID 0320170331
Record type Site
Current site name Whitmore Mine
Alternate or previous names Bradfute Copper Mine, Anna Laura, Cumas, Stanley Quartz Claims
Related records 10095738

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.46613, 36.92778 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moapa Peak NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Overton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meadow Valley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012 S 067 E 02 NE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.46613, 36.92778
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1899
Year of first production 1908

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 69-86, 1986, P. 9-11.

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. REPORT 45, 1989, P. 6.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-JAN-94 Rains, Richard U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

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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.