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(Facility) Mc Gill Smelter

Plant in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodity Copper
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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 10272124
MAS/MILS ID 0320339012
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Mc Gill Smelter
Alternate or previous names Mc Gill Concentrator

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -114.77166, 39.40884 (WGS84)
Elevation 6320
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McGill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring-Steptoe Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018 N 064 E 21 E2SE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Plant type Smelter
Plant subcategory Smelter-Pyrometallurgy

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1976, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1975, P. 65.

  • Deposit

    NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1979, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1978, P. 56.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-OCT-96 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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