Bentley Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Molybdenum, 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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10270739
MAS/MILS ID 0320150630
Record type Site
Current site name Bentley Mine
Alternate or previous names Hardy, Buckingham Mine, O'Leary

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.06904, 40.6021 (WGS84)
Elevation 1844
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Galena Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Reese(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032 N 044 E 31 W2 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.06904, 40.6021

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILL, J. M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHWESTERN

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    CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEVADA. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL

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    594, PAGE 81.

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    STEWART, J.H., E. H. MC KEE, H. K. STAGER. GEOLOGY AND

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    MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA. NEV BUR OF

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    MINES AND GEOLOGY. BULL. 88, 1977, PAGE 68.

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    GAGE, H. L., 1941, SOME FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC LEAD-ZINC MINES

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    THAT COULD SUPPLY ZINC CONCENTRATES TO A PACIFIC NORTHWEST

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    ELECTROLYTIC ZINC INDUSTRY/ VIII. THE LEAD-ZINC MINES OF

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    NEVADA. BONNEVILLE POWER ADMIN., PAGES 204-205. (CONFI-

  • Deposit

    DENTIAL REPORT).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-JUN-96 Lowe, Nathan T. 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.