Ore Fin Placer

Past Producer in Mineral 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10125624
MAS/MILS ID 0320210506
Record type Site
Current site name Ore Fin Placer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -118.50656, 38.53742 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hawthorne East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker Lake(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008 N 031 E 22 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • MSHA LOCAT:6 MI E OF HAWTHORNE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -118.50656, 38.53742

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Conyon Milling, Inc
    ID 2601651
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA REPORT DATED MAR 31, 1981

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-83 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 04/21/1986
MSHA mine ID2601651
Mine name (MSHA)Canyon Milling
Current operatorS T Hilberg Consulting
Current controller (parent)Hilberg S T
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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