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Erway Quicksilver

Prospect in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gypsum-Anhydrite, Mercury, Sulfur
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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. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10294746
MRDS ID M055239
MAS/MILS ID 0320010065
Record type Site
Current site name Erway Quicksilver
Alternate or previous names Erway Property
Related records 10040450

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -118.99819, 39.8038 (WGS84)
Elevation 1292
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Desert Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson Sink(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Granite Springs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 022 N 027 E 06 S2S2NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NUMEROUS PROSPECTS ARE SHOWN IN SEC. 6 ON THE DESERT PEAK 7.5- MIN. TOPO MAP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Tertiary
Mercury Primary
Sulfur Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) Alluvium, undifferentiated
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1943

Mining district

District name Leete District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 41, 1944, P. 51.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8252, 1965, TABLE 24, P. 297.

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 83, 1974, P. 78.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-APR-93 Ridenour, James 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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