Ione Placer

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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10222507
MAS/MILS ID 0320230715
Record type Site
Current site name Ione Placer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.58984, 38.94712 (WGS84)
Elevation 2060
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ione(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 013 N 039 E 28 NESESE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • MSHA LOCATION: AT IONE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.58984, 38.94712

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Marshall Earth Resources-Reno, Nevada
    ID 2601786
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA REPORT APRIL 1982

  • Deposit

    STATE OF NEVADA. DIRECTORY OF MINE OPERATIONS \0\0\0\0\0\0

  • Deposit

    ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982. COMPILED BY \0\0\0\0\0\0

  • Deposit

    DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, 1983, 60P. \0\0\0\0\0\0

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-SEP-86 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 11/23/1984
MSHA mine ID2601786
Mine name (MSHA)Ione Placer
Current operatorMarshall Earth Resources Inc
Current controller (parent)Hugh Roy Marshall
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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