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Mcginness Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gemstone
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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 10198465
MAS/MILS ID 0320150242
Record type Site
Current site name Mcginness Mine
Alternate or previous names Gem Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -116.94033, 39.59462 (WGS84)
Elevation 2365
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Barton Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Simpson Park Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 020 N 045 E 17 NWNWSE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -116.94033, 39.59462
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DIRECTORY OF ACTIVE NEVADA MINES FOR 1975, P.30

  • Deposit

    DIRECTORY OF ACTIVE NEVADA MINES FOR 1976, P.26

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT 17, 1968, P.21

  • Deposit

    MINE HAS BEEN ACTIVE SINCE 1976, ACCORDING TO ACTIVE NEVADA

  • Deposit

    MINE REPORTS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-SEP-88 Schmauch, Steven W. 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.