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Derby Thungsten Mine

Past Producer in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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 10247074
MRDS ID D001245
MAS/MILS ID 0320310012
Record type Site
Current site name Derby Thungsten Mine
Alternate or previous names Wadsworth Mine, Wadsworth
Related records 10107658

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -119.34569, 39.601 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fernley West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Truckee(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 020 N 023 E 13 NESW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -119.34569, 39.601
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1940
Year of first production 1940

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 70,1969,P.75

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 46, 1947,P.72

  • Deposit

    MFI, P. 31.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-MAR-93 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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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