Danite Mine

Past Producer in Douglas county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Manganese, 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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10149196
MAS/MILS ID 0320050058
Record type Site
Current site name Danite Mine
Alternate or previous names Silver Queen, Schultz Antimony, Old Mammoth Lode, Nevada Queen

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -119.61489, 38.82881 (WGS84)
Elevation 1833
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Double Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011 N 021 E 10 N2S2 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -119.61489, 38.82881

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 61, 1963, P. 40.

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 75, 1969, P. 30.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-MAR-93 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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