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Moapa

Prospect in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, PGE
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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. Ownership information
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10125179
MRDS ID M241515
MAS/MILS ID 0320170312
Record type Site
Current site name Moapa
Alternate or previous names Moapa Venture, Moapa Project
Related records 10046371

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -114.67503, 36.87968 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rox(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Overton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meadow Valley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012 S 065 E 23 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
PGE Critical Tertiary

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Louisiana Mining Corp.
    Interest 59
    Year 1996
  • Type Owner
    Owner Force Resources Ltd.
    Interest 10
    Year 1996
  • Type Owner
    Owner Various Private Interests.
    Interest 31
    Year 1996
  • Type Operator
    Owner Enoch Resources
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1982

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Inferred 6260000mt ore
    Total resources 6260000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 2.37 g/mt Gold Major 1996

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1994/95, U.S. MINES AND MINING

  • Reserve-Resource

    COMPANIES, P337.

  • Reserve-Resource

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES AND MINING

  • Reserve-Resource

    COMPANIES, P259.

  • Deposit

    NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1982, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982, P. 34.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRILIMINARY DRILLING PHASE OF EXPLORATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-DEC-96 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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