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Melody Property

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10270705
MRDS ID M232725
MAS/MILS ID 0320130638
Record type Site
Current site name Melody Property
Related records 10045067

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.72878, 41.65798 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

White Rock Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Quinn River Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 044 N 038 E Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rebel Creek District

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE PROPERTY LOCATION IS REPORTED (1929) AS "ABOUT 50 MILES NORTH OF WINNEMUCCA IN COTTONWOOD CANYON, 3 MILES EAST OF REBEL CREEK POST OFFICE. THE MINE IS ABOUT A MILE ABOVE THE MOUTH OF THE CANYON. THE VEIN IS EXPOSED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE GULCH." THIS COULD POSSIBLY BE THE WORKINGS SHOWN IN THE SE/4 SEC. 7, T. 43 N., R. 38 E., ON THE SANTA ROSA 7.5-MIN. TOPO MAP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-MAR-94 Lowe, Nathan T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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