Frenchie Creek Prospect

Unknown in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodity Iron
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. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10246842
MAS/MILS ID 0320110161
Record type Site
Current site name Frenchie Creek Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -116.29032, 40.35631 (WGS84)
Elevation 2377
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Thatcher Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crescent Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029 N 050 E 25 NWSWNW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -116.29032, 40.35631

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Modarelli-Frenchie Creek District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 64, 1967, TB 14

  • Deposit

    SHALLOW WORKINGS; MAGNETITE AND HEMATITE IN SILICIFIED SHEAR

  • Deposit

    MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY,N.NEVADA & NW UTAH,SOUTHERN PACIFIC,19

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 53-C, 1962, P. 100, PL. 17

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 1179, 1964, PL. 1

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

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