Geddes and Bertrand Mine

Past Producer in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Iron, 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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10149824
MAS/MILS ID 0320110144
Record type Site
Current site name Geddes and Bertrand Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.9845, 39.42303 (WGS84)
Elevation 2377
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pinto Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Hamilton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Smoky-Newark Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018 N 053 E 22 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.9845, 39.42303

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Trv Exploration (Nevada)
    ID 2601700
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINED IN 1870'S AND 1880'S BY BERTRAND MINING CO

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL.64, 1967, TB.14.

  • Deposit

    USGS GEOL MAP 1-793,1974

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 4758,1951,P.11

  • Deposit

    STATE OF NEVADA. DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS

  • Deposit

    ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982, COMPILED BY DIVISION

  • Deposit

    OF MINE INSPECTION, 1983, 60 PP. \0\0\0\0\0\0

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-MAR-85 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 12/30/1983
MSHA mine ID2601700
Mine name (MSHA)Geddes Mine
Current operatorTrv Exploration (Nev) Inc
Current controller (parent)Trv Minerals Corp
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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