Fallon Test Facility

Plant in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10221803
MAS/MILS ID 0320019004
Record type Site
Current site name Fallon Test Facility

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -118.77178, 39.468 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fallon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Carson Desert(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019 N 029 E 31 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -118.77178, 39.468

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1981
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Pacific Exploration, Inc.
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1981
    First year 1981
    Last year 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1981, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1980, P. 4.

  • Deposit

    NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1982, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1981, P. 4.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-94 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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