Shaft & Prospects

Past Producer in Lyon 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. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10271016
MAS/MILS ID 0320190185
Record type Site
Current site name Shaft & Prospects
Alternate or previous names Gooseberry Mine

Comments on the site names

  • ALT. NAME WAS THE GOOSEBERRY MINE, HOWEVER THEIR WAS NO MINE WITH THIS NAME AT THE MILS LAT/LONG LOCATION, JUST A SHAFT & SOME PROSPECTS. AN OTHER GOOSEBERRY MINE IS LOCATED IN STOREY CO, NEVADA, APPROX 5 MILES TO THE NORTHEAST OF THIS PROPERTY. THE MAS SEQ # FOR THAT PROPERTY FILE IS 0320290018.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -119.38489, 39.4252 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Martin Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018 N 023 E 15 E2 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -119.38489, 39.4252

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Ramsey

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Apco Oil Corp.
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    US BUREAU OF MINES, MINE MAP REPOSITORY, (WFOC).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAPS ARE UNDERGROUND ASSAY MAPS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-NOV-1996 Ridenour, James 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.