Helen B Smith Tunnel

Past Producer in Elko 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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10270750
MAS/MILS ID 0320070054
Record type Site
Current site name Helen B Smith Tunnel
Alternate or previous names Helen B Tunnel, Gray Copper Corp. Tunnel

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.8326, 41.7818 (WGS84)
Elevation 2231

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Contact(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackpot(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salmon Falls(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 045 N 063 E 15 SESW Nevada

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -114.8326, 41.7818

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 847-A, 1935, PP.34-35,PL.1,2.

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES RPT. #2, 1962, P.10.

  • Deposit

    MULTIPLE PROPERTY STUDY - - MPF DATA FILED UNDER 0320070159

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) 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.