Pyramid Peck Tungsten Property

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Tungsten
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 10246540
MRDS ID D001211
MAS/MILS ID 0320070029
Record type Site
Current site name Pyramid Peck Tungsten Property
Alternate or previous names Robinette June Molybdenite, Bell Bonanza, Bluebell, Iron Dyke

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.0601, 41.8871 (WGS84)
Elevation 2057
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elk Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jarbidge Mountains(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

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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 046 N 061 E 10 SW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.0601, 41.8871

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 1182-E, 1965, P.E70-E71

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 54, 1957, P.59

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 65, 1964, P.157

  • Deposit

    W. MIN. NEWS, SEPT. 2, 1977, VOL.9, NO. 42

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 497, 1912, P. 157

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES REPORT 2, 1962, P.12.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-NOV-83 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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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