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Purkerson-Meade

Unknown in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Mercury, Tin, Tungsten
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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 10295386
MAS/MILS ID 0320270053
Record type Site
Current site name Purkerson-Meade
Alternate or previous names Ruby, Little Manning

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -118.72879, 40.68599 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Placerites(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 033 N 029 E 33 N2 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NOT FOUND DURING EMIGRANT TRAIL STUDY, 1993.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -118.72879, 40.68599
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV UNIV BULL V 25, NO 4, 1931

  • Deposit

    JONES, SMITH AND STODDARD, 1931.

  • Deposit

    LUTSEY AND NICHOLS, 1972.

  • Deposit

    MILLER, M.S., 1993, EMIGRANT TRAIL STUDY AREA, U.S. BUREAU

  • Deposit

    OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-JUL-1994 Miller 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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