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Idaho-Nevada

Prospect in Elko 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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10294482
MAS/MILS ID 0320070058
Record type Site
Current site name Idaho-Nevada
Alternate or previous names Mill Creek Copper Co. Mine, Blue Rock Nos. 1-12, Idaho-Nevada Shaft, Mill Creek Copper Co., Keystone Nos. 1-12, Keystone Mine, Keystone Copper, Blue Rock Mine, Mill Canyon Copper Co., Copper Bell Nos. 1 and 2, Rio Tinto West

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.00593, 41.8138 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
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

Ungina Wongo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bull Run Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Owyhee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 045 N 053 E 09 SWNENE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.00593, 41.8138
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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 National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Mill Creek Copper Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 17-92, 1992, PLATE 1,

  • Deposit

    NO. 17; PLATE 3, NO. 6.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-OCT-1991 Schmauch, Steven 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

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.