Mahogany Claim

Occurrence in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Lead
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045576
MRDS ID M233345
Record type Site
Current site name Mahogany Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.01424, 40.51463 (WGS84)
Relative position W OF BULLION CLAIM ADJOINING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ravens Nest(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Battle Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pine(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 030N 053E 04 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • S OF WEBFOOT, N SLOPE OF BUNKER HILL; PLUS OR MINUS 800M

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.01424, 40.51463

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Nevada Bunker Hill Mining Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFTS, SHALLOW WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES FILES74

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COPPER-SILVER-LEAD PROSPECT AS A PRELACEMENT/VEIN IN LIMESTONE
Deposit THE MAHOGANY CLAIM OF THE NEVADA BUNKER HILL MINING CO IS DEVELOPED DBY SHALLOW WORKINGS-DRIFTS. NO PRODUCTION IS REPORTED. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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