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Grue Placer Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Manganese
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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 10198248
MAS/MILS ID 0320150017
Record type Site
Current site name Grue Placer Mine
Alternate or previous names First Riffle Group, Nelson Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.81263, 40.43551 (WGS84)
Elevation 1790
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Lewis(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crescent Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 030 N 046 E 28 SWSW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Manganese Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.81263, 40.43551
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM INFORM CIRC.7043, 1939, P.53

  • Deposit

    USBM RPT INVEST.5446, 1959, P.4

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 1356, 1973, P.41-42

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-NOV-83 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) 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.