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Alpha Prospect

Unknown in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Copper, Lead, Silver
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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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10222770
MAS/MILS ID 0320110045
Record type Site
Current site name Alpha Prospect
Alternate or previous names Taymos Group, Old Whalen Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.10201, 40.00052 (WGS84)
Elevation 2088

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Telegraph Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crescent Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pine(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 Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025 N 052 E 34 SW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -116.10201, 40.00052
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 64, 1967, TB 14

  • Deposit

    BARITE REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS IN DEVONIAN (") LIMESTONE

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 408, 1910, P. 99

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 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

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