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Silver Fox Mine

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodity Mercury
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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 10271281
MRDS ID M055382
MAS/MILS ID 0320070492
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Fox Mine
Alternate or previous names Fox Mine
Related records 10040561

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.61344, 41.1399 (WGS84)
Elevation 1817
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Willow Creek Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tuscarora(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rock(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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 038 N 048 E 25 NWSE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Basalt, tuff, and breccia
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM RPT.OF INVEST.5285,1956,P.31

  • Deposit

    SMITH, 1976, USGS OFR 76-56 P.92

  • Deposit

    GRANGER AND OTHERS, 1957, NEV BMG BULL.54, P.81-82, PL.10

  • Deposit

    SEE ALSO GOVENNOR MINE

  • Deposit

    SEE ALSO 032-077-0072

  • Deposit

    WFOC MINE MAP REPOSITORY MICROFILM REEL M-2F-253 & M-24F-256

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-JUL-88 Kuizon, Lucy 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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