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Uncle Sam Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10222176
MAS/MILS ID 0320230473
Record type Site
Current site name Uncle Sam Mine
Alternate or previous names Uncle Sam

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.3773, 38.52804 (WGS84)
Elevation 2048
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Little Fish Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008 N 050 E 29 NW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.3773, 38.52804
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Plant type Leach

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Atronic Inc.
    Year 1990

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 50, 1951, P. 194-195.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 61-85, 1985, PLATE 1.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-JUN-1993 Mcdonnell, John R. Jr. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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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.