Mercury Pit

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Mercury, Sulfur
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Sections on this page
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10295458
MRDS ID M242770
MAS/MILS ID 0320130634
Record type Site
Current site name Mercury Pit
Alternate or previous names May Cove
Related records 10047460

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -118.69069, 40.86988 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sulphur(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 035 N 029 E 35 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Tertiary
Sulfur Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -118.69069, 40.86988

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sulphur District

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-MAR-94 Olson U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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