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Nevada Hills Mine Tailings

Past Producer in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10294789
MAS/MILS ID 0320010436
Record type Site
Current site name Nevada Hills Mine Tailings

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -118.17016, 39.24351 (WGS84)
Elevation 1731
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

Bell Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016 N 034 E 17 SE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Older alluvium and alluvial fan deposits
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fairview District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Echo Bay Mines Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1990

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THOMPSON, R.J., AND BOLENEUS, D.E. MINERAL RESOURCE EVALU-

  • Deposit

    ATION AND SOCIOECONOMIC STUDY OF THE PROPOSED MASTER LAND

  • Deposit

    WITHDRAWAL AT NAVAL AIR STATION FALLON, CHURCHILL COUNTY,

  • Deposit

    NEVADA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT FOR THE

  • Deposit

    U.S. NAVY, 1991, FIG. 4-1, P. 29.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-MAY-1992 Thompson 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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