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(Facility) Valley Wells Smelter

Plant in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Tungsten, Zinc
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10213792
MRDS ID M023681
MAS/MILS ID 0060711599
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Valley Wells Smelter
Alternate or previous names Valley Wells Mine, Ivanpah Smelting, Vw No. 1, Miwok, Cocopah
Related records 10035778

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -115.68614, 35.4658 (WGS84)
Elevation 1085
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Valley Wells(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ivanpah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Death Valley-Lower Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 016 N 012 E 22 NENW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -115.68614, 35.4658
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Plant type Smelter

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 53, 1957, P. 680.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUR. MINS, 1990, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE EAST

  • Deposit

    MOJAVE NATIONAL SCENIC AREA, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY,

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA: TABLE 2, NO. 111, P. 77.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Miller U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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