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Continental Heap Leach

Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047156
MRDS ID M242408
Record type Site
Current site name Continental Heap Leach

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.92888, 35.46612 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position To Near Center Of Section 34

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Searchlight(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Davis Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Piute Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028S 063E 34 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATE, TO CENTER OF SECTION 34 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.92888, 35.46612
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Searchlight District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Continental Co. Virgil Barker, Superintendent,
    Home office P.O. Box 162, Searchlight, Nv 89046.
    First year 1983

Comments on the workings information

  • HEAP LEACH OPERATION

Comments on development

  • LISTED AS AN ACTIVE HEAP LEACH OPERATION IN 1983, EMPLOYING 15 PERSONS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NBMG MAP 84, 1983, ACTIVE MINES AND OIL FIELDS

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-84 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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Authoritative Nevada resources

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