Sulphur District

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Mercury, Sulfur, Aluminum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001014
MRDS ID M232693
Record type District
Current site name Sulphur District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.67539, 40.87018 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Mercury Primary
Sulfur Primary
Aluminum Critical Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 177
USGS model code 27a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Hg

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.67539, 40.87018

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Discovery year 1870
Discoverer Indians
Year of first production 1882

Mining district

District name SULPHUR DISTRICT

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner NEVADA SULPHUR CO.
  • Type Operator
    Owner NEVADA SULPHUR CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIG, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA BULL. VOL. 38 NO 5; BULL. NO. 41.

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W.O., 1938, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA: USBM INF. CIRC. 6995.

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINING RESOURCES OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG, BULL. 59.

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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