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Zeno Placer Mine

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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045837
MRDS ID M233677
Record type Site
Current site name Zeno Placer Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.59761, 38.9527 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position NEAR IONE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ione(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 039E 34 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN-UTM IS IN APPROXIMATE VICINITY OF MOST PLACERS IN THIS AREA ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.59761, 38.9527
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Union District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Zeno Mining Co., A. J. Hubbard, Mgr.
    Home office El Capitan Lodge #107, Hawthorne Nv 89415

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT

Comments on development

  • LISTED IN 1981 AS AN ACTIVE OPEN PIT GOLD MINE AND MILL EMPLOYING 1 PERSON

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, 1981, DIRECTORY OF MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1980

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1981 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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