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Copper Shield Group

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum
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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 10246538
MRDS ID M030054
MAS/MILS ID 0320070447
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Shield Group
Alternate or previous names Effie Fay Group

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.78919, 41.76771 (WGS84)
Elevation 1902
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Contact(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackpot(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salmon Falls(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 045 N 063 E 24 S2 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.78919, 41.76771
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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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR MINES RPT.2 1962 P.11

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 497, 1912, PP 132-133, PL.19.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 847, 1935, P.37, PLATE 3

  • Deposit

    ALSO SEC. 19, T.45 N, R.64 E AND SEC.25,27,28,33,34,

  • Deposit

    T.45 N, R.63 E.

  • Deposit

    SMITH, 1976, USGS OFR 76-56, P.41

  • Deposit

    USBM MINERAL PRODUCTION FILES,WFOC

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING, 1968, MOLYBDENUM RESSOURCES OF NV (DRAFT),

  • Deposit

    NEV. OFR 79-3, P.74

  • Deposit

    GRANGER AND OTHERS, 1957, NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 54,P.39,PL.5

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-JUN-88 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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