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Nipton

Prospect in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Silver, Zinc
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10237816
MAS/MILS ID 0060710429
Record type Site
Current site name Nipton
Alternate or previous names Freethinker, Magna Number 1

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.20523, 35.45751 (WGS84)
Elevation 1244
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crescent Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ivanpah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ivanpah-Pahrump Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Mojave National Preserve(National Preserve)

National Preserve NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 015+N 017 E 19 NESWNW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.20523, 35.45751
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 49, 1953, TABULATED LIST,

  • Deposit

    NO. 429, P. 147.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1990, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE EAST

  • Deposit

    MOJAVE NATIONAL SCENIC AREA, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY,

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA: TABLE 2, NO. 221, P. 110.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Campbell 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 California resources

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