Oriental Wash Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda 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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10159511
MAS/MILS ID 0320090743
Record type Site
Current site name Oriental Wash Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -117.26901, 37.30275 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Last Chance Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Death Valley-Lower Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007 S 042 E 28 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -117.26901, 37.30275

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Mineral Drill, Inc.
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1983
    First year 1983
    Last year 1983
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Aurum, Inc.
    Year 1989
    First year 1988
    Last year 1990

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1984, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1983, P. 17.

  • Deposit

    NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1989, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1988, P. 25.

  • Deposit

    NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECITON, 1991, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1990, P. 33.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NDMI (1991, P. 33) REPORTS THE LOCATION OF THIS MINE IN SEC. 31; OTHER YEARS IT IS REPORTED IN SEC. 28.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-MAR-94 Ridenour, James 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.