Outlaw Mine

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Bismuth, Copper, 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. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10125661
MAS/MILS ID 0320231119
Record type Site
Current site name Outlaw Mine
Alternate or previous names Outlaw Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.00902, 38.64663 (WGS84)
Elevation 2621
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Round Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 009 N 044 E 11 SWSE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bismuth Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.00902, 38.64663

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Round Mountain District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT PART OF THE TOQUIMA

  • Deposit

    RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

  • Deposit

    ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 1986, VOL. 81, NUMBER 2, P. 390, FIG. 2.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP MF-833 AND 834 DR. SHAW, 1977.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPORT 86-14,

  • Deposit

    MAP.

  • Deposit

    DUNNING, G.E., AND OTHERS, 1991, THE OUTLAW MINE, NYE

  • Deposit

    COUNTY, NV: THE MINERALOGICAL RECORD, VOL. 22,

  • Deposit

    P. 171-182.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPORT 79-3,

  • Deposit

    1979, P. 143, SCHILLING.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FIEL REPORT 86-470, 1986, P. 6,

  • Deposit

    TABLE 5.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A VERY COMPLETE BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR BENJAMINTE EXISTS IN THE MINERALOGICAL RECORD REFERENCE. INCLUDED IN MARIPOSA NOS. 1-8 LOCATED BY ROBERT WARREN IN 1980.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-MAR-95 Schmauch, Steven W. 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.