Padden Mine

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10124607
MAS/MILS ID 0320030659
Record type Site
Current site name Padden Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -114.96612, 35.46861 (WGS84)
Elevation 1
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

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)

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 Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028 S 063 E 32 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • TURN LEFT AT NINE MILE MARKER WEST OF SEARCHLIGHT, NEVADA HWY 68

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -114.96612, 35.46861

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Padden Gray Mining Co.
    ID 2601537
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA REPORT DATED APRIL 1980

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-FEB-93 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 08/06/1982
MSHA mine ID2601537
Mine name (MSHA)Padden Mine
Current operatorPadden-Gray Mining Company
Current controller (parent)Mc Millan Patrick S & Paul A Ramsey
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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