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Ford Group

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver
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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. Links to other databases
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10246392
MRDS ID M232582
MAS/MILS ID 0320130627
Record type Site
Current site name Ford Group
Related records 10098617

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.60907, 41.57768 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mullinix Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Quinn River Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 043 N 040 E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • U.S. GEOL. SURVEY MRDS LOCATION IS WRONG. THE LATITUDE GIVEN WOULD PLACE THE MINE IN THE DUTCH FLAT MINING DISTRICT INSTEAD OF THE PARADISE VALLEY MINING DISTRICT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Paradise Valley

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-MAR-94 Lowe, Nathan T. 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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