Virgin Valley
E99929
Virgin Valley is a remote area in northwestern Nevada renowned for its rich deposits of rare black fire opals.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Virgin Valley canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T768572 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Virgin Valley Context triple: [Virgin Valley black fire opal, foundInRegion, Virgin Valley]
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A.
Owens Valley
Owens Valley is a long, arid valley in eastern California, lying between the Sierra Nevada and the White/Inyo Mountains and known for its dramatic scenery and historic water diversions to Los Angeles.
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B.
Snake Valley
Snake Valley is a remote, arid basin on the Utah–Nevada border known for its desert landscapes, groundwater-dependent ecosystems, and proximity to Great Basin National Park.
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C.
Saline Valley
Saline Valley is a remote, arid basin in eastern California known for its stark desert landscapes, natural hot springs, and isolation within the northern Mojave Desert.
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D.
Warner Valley
Warner Valley is a geothermal area in northeastern California known for its hot springs, mud pots, and hiking trails within Lassen Volcanic National Park.
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E.
Anza Valley
Anza Valley is a high-desert valley in Southern California known for its rural landscapes, ranching, and historical significance to Indigenous peoples.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Virgin Valley Target entity description: Virgin Valley is a remote area in northwestern Nevada renowned for its rich deposits of rare black fire opals.
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A.
Owens Valley
Owens Valley is a long, arid valley in eastern California, lying between the Sierra Nevada and the White/Inyo Mountains and known for its dramatic scenery and historic water diversions to Los Angeles.
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B.
Snake Valley
Snake Valley is a remote, arid basin on the Utah–Nevada border known for its desert landscapes, groundwater-dependent ecosystems, and proximity to Great Basin National Park.
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C.
Saline Valley
Saline Valley is a remote, arid basin in eastern California known for its stark desert landscapes, natural hot springs, and isolation within the northern Mojave Desert.
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D.
Warner Valley
Warner Valley is a geothermal area in northeastern California known for its hot springs, mud pots, and hiking trails within Lassen Volcanic National Park.
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E.
Anza Valley
Anza Valley is a high-desert valley in Southern California known for its rural landscapes, ranching, and historical significance to Indigenous peoples.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographic region
ⓘ
valley ⓘ |
| allowsFeeDigging | true ⓘ |
| climate | semi-arid ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| distanceToWinnemucca | about 100 miles northwest ⓘ |
| elevation |
approximately 1500 meters
ⓘ
approximately 5000 feet ⓘ |
| geologicalFeature |
opal-bearing clay layers
ⓘ
volcanic ash beds ⓘ |
| hasAccessRoad | gravel roads ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
camping
ⓘ
opal mining ⓘ rock collecting ⓘ wildlife viewing ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
Virgin Valley Campground
ⓘ
Virgin Valley Warm Springs ⓘ primitive camping areas ⓘ public campground ⓘ |
| hasMineral |
black fire opal
ⓘ
opal ⓘ precious fire opal ⓘ |
| hasNaturalFeature |
sagebrush steppe
ⓘ
warm spring pool ⓘ |
| hasNearbyProtectedArea | Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ |
| hasNotableMine |
Bonanza Opal Mine
ⓘ
Rainbow Ridge Opal Mine ⓘ
linked to:
Bonanza Opal Mine
Royal Peacock Opal Mine ⓘ
linked to:
Bonanza Opal Mine
|
| hasOpalMiningHistorySince | early 20th century ⓘ |
| hasVegetation |
juniper
ⓘ
sagebrush ⓘ |
| hasWildlife |
jackrabbits
ⓘ
pronghorn antelope ⓘ sage grouse ⓘ |
| isRemote | true ⓘ |
| knownFor |
black fire opals
ⓘ
fee-dig opal mines ⓘ precious opal deposits ⓘ rockhounding ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Humboldt County, Nevada
ⓘ
Nevada ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | northwestern Nevada ⓘ |
| managedBy |
Bureau of Land Management
ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Bureau of Land Management
|
| nearestCity |
Winnemucca, Nevada
ⓘ
linked to:
Winnemucca
|
| nearestTown | Denio, Nevada ⓘ |
| partOf | Great Basin ⓘ |
| roadAccessFrom | U.S. Route 140 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rockhoundingRegulations | BLM rules apply ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Virgin Valley Description of subject: Virgin Valley is a remote area in northwestern Nevada renowned for its rich deposits of rare black fire opals.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.