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Harmill Divide Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047024
MRDS ID M242264
Record type Site
Current site name Harmill Divide Mine
Alternate or previous names Chimney, Nieta Claims, Harmell Divide

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.23563, 38.00133 (WGS84)
Elevation 1836

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(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)

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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002N 042E 26 NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 2 CLAIMS, 14 ACRES. UTM IS TO SHAFT LOCATED ON THE CLAIMS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE $6/TON (1920)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.23563, 38.00133
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Divide District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT

Comments on development

  • DEVELOPMENT WAS UNDERWAY IN 1920 THROUGH THE 265-FT DIVIDE ANNEX SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 92

  • Deposit

    WEED, W.H., ED., 1920, MINES HANDBOOK VOL. XIV, P. 1142-1143

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED CLAIM MAP OF DIVIDE DISTRICT IN NBMG FILE.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FRACTURE ZONE WITH SEAMS OF ORE

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.

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