Steigmeyer Property

Past Producer in Nye 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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10247132
MAS/MILS ID 0320230417
Record type Site
Current site name Steigmeyer Property
Alternate or previous names Gold Shale Pit, Shale Pit, Shell Pit, Gold Shale Au-Ag Prospect, Ted Stevens Property
Related records 10310495

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.08342, 38.67743 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
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

Round Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010 N 044 E 31 SWSE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.08342, 38.67743

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Round Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 50, 1951, P. 155.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP GQ-40, 1954, 1/125,000.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA INDUSTRIAL COMM. DIRECTORY OF ACTIVE NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS, 1973, P. 53.

  • Deposit

    BULK MINEABLE PRECIOUS METAL DEPOSITS OF THE WESTERN USA

  • Deposit

    SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS BY GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA,

  • Deposit

    1988, P. 336 (SHALE PIT).

  • Deposit

    HURLEY AND PARKER, 1980, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (THE SHALE

  • Deposit

    PIT).

  • Deposit

    HURLEY AND PARKER, 1982, NATIONAL URANIUM RESOURCE

  • Deposit

    EVALUATION, TABLE 2.

  • Deposit

    AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT PART OF THE TOQUIMA

  • Deposit

    RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-DEC-94 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.