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Fifty-Six Copper Mine

Prospect in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Molybdenum
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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 10270801
MRDS ID M030096
MAS/MILS ID 0320270276
Record type Site
Current site name Fifty-Six Copper Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.25238, 40.69349 (WGS84)
Elevation 1326
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rye Patch Reservoir North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 033 N 033 E 27 CS NSW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.25238, 40.69349
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IRWIN, DOROTHY W., GEOLOGY OF THE FIRTY-SIX MINE NEAR IMLAY,

  • Deposit

    NEVADA: M.S., COLUMBIA UNIV., 1934

  • Deposit

    NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY REPORT 2, 1962, P. 38.

  • Deposit

    MILLER, M.S., 1993, EMIGRANT TRAIL STUDY AREA, U.S. BUREAU

  • Deposit

    OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 7-93, P. 93.

  • Deposit

    MILLER, 1996, MLA REPORT IN PREPARATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-OCT-94 Berg, Andrew W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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