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Rochester Canyon Tungsten

Occurrence in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10198336
MAS/MILS ID 0320270057
Record type Site
Current site name Rochester Canyon Tungsten

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -118.21677, 40.2885 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rochester(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028 N 033 E 13 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -118.21677, 40.2885
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1915

Mining district

District name Rochester

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 580, 1915, P 325-372

  • Deposit

    KNOPF (1924) GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ROCHESTER DIST

  • Deposit

    JENNEY (1935)

  • Deposit

    WALLACE, TATLOCK, SILBERLING AND IRWIN (1962)

  • Deposit

    USGS GEOL MAP GQ-820, 1969, 1/62,500

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-OCT-1996 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

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