Reliance Mine

Past Producer in Nye 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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10173917
MAS/MILS ID 0320230379
Record type Site
Current site name Reliance Mine
Alternate or previous names Reliance, Copenhagen

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.08672, 38.53323 (WGS84)
Elevation 2146
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

Manhattan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008 N 044 E 19 NENENW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.08672, 38.53323

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1905
Year of first production 1906

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 50, 1951, P. 119.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGY MAP, GQ-40, 1954, 1/125,000.

  • Deposit

    AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT PART OF THE TOQUIMA

  • Deposit

    RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHAFT OBLITERATED BY LARGE SCALE PLACER DREDGING AND THE WORKINGS FLOODED. THE RELIANCE MINE IS ON THE SURVEYED BUT NOT PATENTED COPENHAGEN CLAIM WHICH IS CONTIGUOUS AND ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ORPHANT PATENTED CLAIM. BOTH OF THESE CLAIMS WERE OPERATED BY THE RELIANCE MINING COMPANY. THE RELIANCE SHAFT IS 464 FT. DEEP WITH 4,000 FT WORKINGS. IN 1946 THE SHAFT BUILDINGS WERE REMOVED, THE AREA PREPARED FOR AND DREDGED THE OVERLYING GRAVELS BY THE MANHATTAN GOLD DREDING COMPANY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-FEB-1995 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.