Searchlight Parallel Mine

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10246582
MRDS ID M031012
MAS/MILS ID 0320030209
Record type Site
Current site name Searchlight Parallel Mine
Alternate or previous names Continental Heap Leach
Related records 10037142

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.93052, 35.47191 (WGS84)
Elevation 1085
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Searchlight(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Davis Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Piute Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(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 028 S 063 E 34 NWNENW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.93052, 35.47191

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Searchlight

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Continental Co
    ID 2601582
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR MINES BULL 62 1965 P.202

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 906-D 1938 P.173-174.

  • Deposit

    STATE OF NEVADA. DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS

  • Deposit

    004IVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982, COMPILED BY DIVISION

  • Deposit

    005MINE INSPECTION, 1983, 60 PP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-FEB-1993 Ridenour, James 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 07/10/1984
MSHA mine ID2601582
Mine name (MSHA)The Continental Co
Current operatorContinental Company
Current controller (parent)Logan Terry
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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External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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