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Millers Mill

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. 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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047027
MRDS ID M242268
Record type Site
Current site name Millers Mill
Alternate or previous names Tonopah West

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.45898, 38.1355 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Millers(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N 040E 11 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.45898, 38.1355
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Lone Mountain (Weepah, West Divide) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Tw-Mnr Associates, Millers Operations
    First year 1983

Comments on the workings information

  • REWORKING OLD TAILINGS

Comments on development

  • SITE OF OLD MILL AND EXTENSIVE TAILINGS FROM THE MILLING OF ORE FROM TONAPAH 25 KM TO THE SOUTHEAST. MILL WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE EARLY 1900'S BECAUSE OF A GOOD SUPPLY OF WATER. ACTIVE IN 1983, EMPLOYING 34 PERSONS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 12 JUL 82.

  • Deposit

    DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, DEC, 1983, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINING OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1983.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE COPANY HAS DONE BENCH TESTS RECOVERING 70% OF AVAILABLE METALS, TAILINGS ARE THOUGHT TO CONTAIN 2 OZ AG/TON, A GYANIDE LEACH TECHNIQUE WILL BE EMPLOYED. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1983 Lyles, B.F. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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