Tenabo Placer

Occurrence in Lander 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. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10222412
MAS/MILS ID 0320150634
Record type Site
Current site name Tenabo Placer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.68153, 40.29771 (WGS84)
Elevation 1560
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tenabo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crescent Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028 N 047 E 16 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -116.68153, 40.29771

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Mining method Alluvial Mining

Mining district

District name Bullion District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Shoestring Mining And Exploration Co.
    Home office New York
    Year 1996
  • Type Operator
    Owner M. And B Mining And Milling Inc
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STATE OF NEVADA. DIRECTORY OF MINE OPERATIONS

  • Deposit

    ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982. COMPILED BY

  • Deposit

    DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, 1983, 60 PP.

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 7043, P.39, UNDER BULLION DISTRICT SECTION-

  • Deposit

    GENERAL HISTORY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-FEB-97 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.