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Ralston Quicksilver Prospect

Prospect in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodity Mercury
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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 10295329
MAS/MILS ID 0320090212
Record type Site
Current site name Ralston Quicksilver Prospect
Alternate or previous names Eclipse

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.16901, 37.56575 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ralston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cactus-Sarcobatus Flats(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004 S 043 E 28 C W2W2 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.16901, 37.56575
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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 BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 41, 1944, P.139, PL.1

  • Deposit

    USBM INFORM CIRC 8252, 1965, P.139

  • Deposit

    POSSIBLY IN NYE COUNTY, IS CLOSE TO BOUNDARY LINE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) 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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