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Ora Mae Tungsten Prospect

Prospect in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, 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. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10295646
MAS/MILS ID 0320090007
Record type Site
Current site name Ora Mae Tungsten Prospect
Alternate or previous names Ora May, Northstar Claims, Rob Roy Nos. 1 and 2, Soth Randolph Mine, Wiley's Tungsten Claim, Randolph Group

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.39281, 37.33055 (WGS84)
Elevation 1844
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Point SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Last Chance Range(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 007 S 041 E 13 SWSWNW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.39281, 37.33055
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hornsilver District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Harry Wiley
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1942
  • Type Owner
    Owner Harry M. Devotie
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1942
  • Type Owner
    Owner Wiley, Ora Mae
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1955

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 78, 1972, PLATE 2.

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 105, 1988, P. 68.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-MAR-94 Ridenour, James 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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