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Korf Property

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045818
MRDS ID M233655
Record type Site
Current site name Korf Property
Alternate or previous names Probably Mammoth Contact Mine and Giant Contact Group, Owned By Korf Brothers In 1915.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.27787, 38.92825 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

South Toiyabe Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012N 042E 05 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR WHITE HORSE CLAIM-EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.27787, 38.92825
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1925

Mining district

District name Twin River District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Mr. Korf (1920'S)

Comments on development

  • MINOR PRODUCTION TO 1920'S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I. (IN PRESS) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE COUNTY, NV: NBMG BULL.

  • Deposit

    KRAL, 1951, NBMG BULL. 50, P. 186.

  • Deposit

    NEALEY, J.B., 1915, UNPUB. LETTER ON FILE-NBMG FILE 256 ITEM 2.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRINGERS OF HIGH-GRADE GOLD ORE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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