| Deposit ID | 60000044 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D001296 |
| Record type | District |
| Current site name | Minerva District |
| Alternate or previous names | Scheelite Chief, Silver Bell, Oriole, West Everit, East Everit, Hilltop, Tony, Canary Yellow, Zig Zag Mines |
| Geographic coordinates: | -114.35084, 38.79995 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
White Pine(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Minerva Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Garrison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Spring-Steptoe 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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | White Pine |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| (1) | -114.35084, 38.79995 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure name | NORMAL FAULTING |
| Structure description | MANY NORMAL FAULTS OF VARYING DIP. 4 GROUPS OF FAULTS BASED ON AGE AND DIP |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Discovery year | 1915 |
| Discoverer | C.E. Millick, A.G. Millick, Jasper M. Fox |
| Year of first production | 1916 |
| District name | MINERVA DISTRICT |
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LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.
LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
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