Weepah Mine

Plant in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Uranium
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 10271083
MAS/MILS ID 0320090079
Record type Site
Current site name Weepah Mine
Alternate or previous names Electric Gold Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.55842, 37.93054 (WGS84)
Elevation 1902
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Weepah(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001 N 039 E 23 N2 Nevada

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.55842, 37.93054

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Plant type Leach

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Zephyr Resources
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1990

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 78, 1972, PP. 57,70, PT. 2

  • Deposit

    STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATION

  • Deposit

    ACTIVE DURING 1979, NEVADA INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION,

  • Deposit

    APRIL 1980 P. 20.

  • Deposit

    ALBERS AND STEWART, 1972, NEV B OF M & G BULL. 78, P. 57,

  • Deposit

    70, PL. 2.

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, 1973, NEV BU OF MINES & GEOL. BULL. 81, P. 54.

  • Deposit

    U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMM. PRELIM REPORT 3437.

  • Deposit

    SPURR, 1906, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SILVER PEAK QUAD, NEV.

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF. PAPER 55, P. 80-81, 120-121, PL. 1 NO. 3.

  • Deposit

    ELEVATORSKI, 1983, BULK TONNAGE METAL DEPOSITS: MINOBRAS,

  • Deposit

    P. 73-74.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA DIRECTORY OF MINING OPERATIONS FOR 1983, DEC. 1983,

  • Deposit

    P. 17.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BLM MINING CLAIM RECORDATION - APRIL 1988: OTHER CLAIMS

  • Deposit

    OF PACIFIC GOLD URANIUM AND SHELL OIL IN SECS. 16, 17, 20,

  • Deposit

    21, 22, 23, 24 T. 1 N., R. 39 E.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-JUN-92 Gosling U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.