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Granite Mine

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10222537
MAS/MILS ID 0320270023
Record type Site
Current site name Granite Mine
Alternate or previous names United Tungsten Mines Property, Bonanza King, Bonanza King Prospect, Hardscrabble Claim, Bluff, Lake Tungsten Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.67378, 39.9993 (WGS84)
Elevation 1358
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ocala(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025 N 029 E 26 SWSWSE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NOTE: THE NEV. BUR. MINES AND GEOL. SHOWS AND REPORTS THIS MINE IN CHURCHILL COUNTY (BULL. 105, P. 32, 37) IN SEC. 26. THE NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION OF ITS LOCATION ("...ABOUT 1 MILE NORTHEAST OF THE ST. ANTHONY MINE) PLACES IT IN PERSHING COUNTY (SEE OCALA 7.5-MIN. TOPO MAP). THE TOPO MAP SHOWS PROSPCTS IN THE SW/4 SW/4 SE/4 SEC 26 (PERSHING COUNTY) AND IN THE NE/4 NW/4 NE/4 SEC. 35 (CHURCHILL COUNTY). IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, BOTH SETS OF MAP SYMBOLS ARE PART OF THE SAME MINE. BECAUSE OF THE GIVEN NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION, THE LOCATION OF THIS MINE IS PLACED IN SEC. 26 IN PERSHING COUNTY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.67378, 39.9993
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1915
Year of first production 1941

Mining district

District name Toy

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 725-D, 1921, P. 289.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 7093, 1940, P. 52.

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 83, 1974, P. 85; PLATE 2.

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 105, 1988, P. 37.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-APR-93 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

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