Moapa #1 Mine & Mill

Plant in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, PGE, 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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10221260
MAS/MILS ID 0320039024
Record type Site
Current site name Moapa #1 Mine & Mill
Alternate or previous names Moapa

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -114.86474, 36.84578 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wildcat Wash SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Overton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Muddy(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013 S 064 E 06 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
PGE Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -114.86474, 36.84578

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Plant type Leach

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Roaring Springs Ranch Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1988

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1987, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1986, P. 11.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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