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Rock Hill Tungsten Mine & Mill

Past Producer in Esmeralda 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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10222744
MAS/MILS ID 0320090008
Record type Site
Current site name Rock Hill Tungsten Mine & Mill
Alternate or previous names Pincushion, Mc Coy Group, Vina Claim, Half Moon Claims, Rock Hill Placer, Cobalt-Tungsten Assoc. Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.95454, 38.15413 (WGS84)
Elevation 1420
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rock Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring 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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004 N 036 E 34 SESE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.95454, 38.15413
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1958

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 78, 1972, P. 59.

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 105, 1978, P. 69.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DMEA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-APR-93 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) 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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