Lost Basin

Prospect in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, 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. 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 10259155
MAS/MILS ID 0040151239
Record type Site
Current site name Lost Basin
Alternate or previous names Little Nugget

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -114.13721, 35.8953 (WGS84)
Elevation 884
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Garnet Mountain NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boulder City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Red Lake(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 029 N 017 W 18 SW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -114.13721, 35.8953

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Michael B. Richings
    Interest 100
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1996
    First year 1996
  • Type Owner
    Owner Joe Dimaggio
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECK BY COGGIN AND PHILLIPS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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