Sioux Claims

Prospect in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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 10198407
MAS/MILS ID 0320150215
Record type Site
Current site name Sioux Claims

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.10374, 40.5618 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798
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

Galena Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Reese(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 031 N 043 E 14 SENW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.10374, 40.5618

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 594, 1915, P.84.

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF PAPER 459B, 1965, P.63, PT.3.

  • Deposit

    MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, N NEV & NW UTAH, SOUTHERN PACIFIC,196

  • Deposit

    MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY,N.NEV.& NW UTAH, SOUTHERN PACIFIC, 196

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.