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Sylvania Mine

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver
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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 10221373
MAS/MILS ID 0320070255
Record type Site
Current site name Sylvania Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.01761, 40.45821 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Papoose Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crescent Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pine(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 030 N 053 E 28 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -116.01761, 40.45821
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAILROAD MIN DIST (AT HEADWATERS OF W FORK OF DIXIE CREEK)

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 54, 1957, P.131

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 1162-B, 1963, P.B.26

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-MAR-1988 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.

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Nevada resources

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