(Facility) Oreana Smelter

Plant in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10271621
MAS/MILS ID 0320279022
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Oreana Smelter
Alternate or previous names Duncan Ranch Mill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -118.37488, 40.31769 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oreana(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028 N 032 E 10 NENW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -118.37488, 40.31769

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Plant type Smelter

Mining district

District name Willard

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-MAR-1994 Lowe, Nathan T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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