Alta

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodity Aluminum
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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10295522
MAS/MILS ID 0320090061
Record type Site
Current site name Alta
Alternate or previous names Louise, Lone Spring Mine, Belle, White Bird

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.69232, 37.40385 (WGS84)
Elevation 2194
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sylvania Mountains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Last Chance Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(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 006 S 039 E 19 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.69232, 37.40385

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, 1973, NEVADA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: P. 17.

  • Deposit

    SEE MPF 0300090214.

  • Deposit

    PAGE, BEN M., 1943, TALC DEPOSITS OF PALMETTO OASIS AREA,

  • Deposit

    ESMERALDA CO., NEV., U.S. GEOL SURVEY UNPUBLISHED REPORT,

  • Deposit

    P. 74-78.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-FEB-89 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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.