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Santa Cruz Mine

Prospect in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Beryllium, Mica
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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 10246872
MAS/MILS ID 0320030319
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Cruz Mine
Alternate or previous names Emerald Group, Blue Jay Group, Rising Star, Taglo Prospect, Rattle Snake

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.05691, 36.65079 (WGS84)
Elevation 1914
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

Hen Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Overton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015 S 071 E 09 NWNE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Primary
Mica Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Early Proterozoic metamorphic rocks
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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 BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR MINES BULL.62, 1965, P.159, (GEOL MAP INCL ), P.205

  • Deposit

    NEV BUREAU OF MINES BULL 63, 1965, P. 81-83.

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. REPORT 45, 1989, P. 4.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-APR-94 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Nevada resources

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