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Snowflake Mine

Prospect in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodity Mica
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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 10294544
MAS/MILS ID 0320030029
Record type Site
Current site name Snowflake Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -114.15641, 36.2811 (WGS84)
Elevation 1304
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Mead(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Grand Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019 S 070 E 15 NE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -114.15641, 36.2811
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mica Mountain Mines, Inc.
    Home office Utah
    Year 1946

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 62, 1965, P. 205.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-FEB-1994 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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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.