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Western Mine

Prospect in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodity Antimony
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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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10222269
MAS/MILS ID 0320170034
Record type Site
Current site name Western Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.64116, 37.41806 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Groom Range(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pahranagat Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sand Spring-Tikaboo Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006 S 055 E Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.64116, 37.41806
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Western Mercury And Uranium Co.
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1963

Comments on the ownership information

  • MINES IS REPORTED 15 MILES SOUTH OF THE LINCOLN MINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 61, 1968, P. 114.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-JAN-94 Ridenour, James 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.