Dusty Mine

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10125469
MAS/MILS ID 0320270518
Record type Site
Current site name Dusty Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -118.40818, 40.61769 (WGS84)
Elevation 1417
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Poker Brown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032 N 032 E 20 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -118.40818, 40.61769

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Mining method Open Pit
Milling method Heap Leach-Merrill-Crowe

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Dusty Mining Co
    ID 2601206
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1982
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Ed Speir
    Home office Nevada

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DIRECTORY OF ACTIVE NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS, 1975, OFFICE OF

  • Deposit

    THE NEVADA STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES.

  • Deposit

    STATE OF NEVADA. DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE

  • Deposit

    DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982. COMPILED BY DIVISION OF MINE

  • Deposit

    INSPECTION, 1983, 60 P.

  • Deposit

    MILLER, 1996, MLA REPORT IN PREPARTION.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD COMMOD SPEC. LISTS AS A 1995 PRODUCER AS OF 1996. POSSIBLY RESIDUAL GOLD FROM LEACH OPERATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-JAN-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.