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Maris Pebble Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken
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  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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10246311
MRDS ID M233478
MAS/MILS ID 0320230257
Record type Site
Current site name Maris Pebble Mine
Alternate or previous names Pebble Quarry, Opal Mine, Maris Pebble Quarry
Related records 10045687

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.95311, 38.53743 (WGS84)
Elevation 2060
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

Belmont West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(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 045 E 18 SESWSE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.95311, 38.53743
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 50, 1951,

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    P. 25-26 (KRAL).

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 723, 1924, P. 79 AND

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    138-139 (FERGUSON).

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 99B, 1984, P. 59

  • Deposit

    (KLEINHAMPL AND ZIONY).

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 86-470 (LOCATION

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    ONLY).

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPORT 86-14

  • Deposit

    (LOCATION ONLY).

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    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 THE LOCATION HAS A QUARRY MINING SYMBOL AND IS LABELED MINE ON U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BELMONT WEST TOPOGRAPHIC MAP, AT 6760 FT. ELEVATION. A SILICIFIED SINTER-TUFF HOT SPRINGS DEPOSIT WHICH WAS MINED FOR USE IN TUBE MILLS FOR PROCESSING GOLD ORES AT MANHATTAN, NEVADA. LOCATED AS OPAL CLAIM IN 1974 BY J.C. REED, AND D.C. HILL, MANHATTAN, NV. OPEN CAST METHOD SUED AT BASE OF LOW RELIEF HILLSIDE. CONCRETE ORE BIN, LOADING AREA SOUTH OF WORKING FEW HUNDRED FEET.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-MAR-1995 Schmauch, Steven W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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