Calumet Divide Mine

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047018
MRDS ID M242258
Record type Site
Current site name Calumet Divide Mine
Alternate or previous names Eastern, Eastern No. 1, No. 2, Eastern Ext. Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.22869, 37.96272 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mud Lake NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
001N;001N 042E;0043E 01,12;06,07 SE (01); NE (12); SW (06); NW (07) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 4 CLAIMS ADJOINING GOLD SEAM, 2.5 MILES SE OF GOLD MOUNTAIN BETWEEN CONGRESS AND EUREKA ON N AND S. UTM IS TO NEAR CENTER OF CLAIM BLOCK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium, undifferentiated

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Divide District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Calumet Divide Mining Co.
    First year 1920

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT

Comments on development

  • ACTIVE IN 1919, SINKING SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 92

  • Deposit

    WEED, W.H., ED., 1920, MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XIV, P. 1131.

  • Deposit

    DIVIDE MINING DISTRICT CLAIM MAP, ON FILE AT NBMG

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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