Nippeno Group

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Uranium
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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10173520
MRDS ID M031044
MAS/MILS ID 0320030225
Record type Site
Current site name Nippeno Group
Related records 10103561

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.14663, 35.48721 (WGS84)
Elevation 1442
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crescent Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ivanpah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ivanpah-Pahrump Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028 S 061 E 22 S2S2SW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.14663, 35.48721

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1931

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR MINES BULL 81 1973 P.35

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR MINES BULL 62 1965 P.180

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF PAPER 275 1956 P.129

  • Deposit

    USBM INFORM CIRC 6964 1937 P.20

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-FEB-1993 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.