Hawthorne Silica

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodity Silica
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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10198378
MAS/MILS ID 0320210063
Record type Site
Current site name Hawthorne Silica

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -118.62876, 38.46662 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lucky Boy(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker Lake(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007 N 030 E 15 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -118.62876, 38.46662

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. INDUS. COMM. DIR. OF ACTIVE MINE OPS, JAN. 31, 1972 P37

  • Deposit

    CRYSTALLINE QUARTZ FOR FUSING PURPOSES ONLY. TWO TUNNELS

  • Deposit

    GRANITE CONTACT. DEPOSIT IS 1500 FT LONG, 600 FEET WIDE.

  • Deposit

    OF EXPOSED DEPTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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