Superior Mining Claim

Prospect 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. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10221868
MAS/MILS ID 0320010289
Record type Site
Current site name Superior Mining Claim

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.88289, 39.94319 (WGS84)
Elevation 1426
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jessup(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson Sink(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 024 N 028 E 18 SESESW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • THE RECORD WAS ORIGINALLY ENTERED FROM THE DESERT PEAK 15-MIN. TOPO MAP. WORKINGS ARE ALSO SHOWN, BUT NOT IDENTIFIED BY NAME, ON THE PARRAN 7.5-MIN. TOPO MAP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Older gravels

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jessup District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PARRAN 7.5-MIN. TOPO MAP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-MAR-1994 Robinson U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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