Foote Mineral Co.

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodity Lithium
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 10295591
MAS/MILS ID 0320090083
Record type Site
Current site name Foote Mineral Co.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.54122, 37.84684 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goat Island(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin 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 001 S 040 E 16 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EXTENDS INTO T2S R40E, T2S R39E, & T3S R39E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lithium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.54122, 37.84684

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 78, 1972, PP. 32,56,58

  • Deposit

    EXTENDS INTO T2S-R40E, T2S-R39E, T3S-R39E

  • Deposit

    LITHIUM COMMODITY IS RECOVERED FROM BRINE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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