Burns Mine

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Tungsten, Zinc
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10271407
MAS/MILS ID 0320070006
Record type Site
Current site name Burns Mine
Alternate or previous names Burns Group, Burns, Alta Vista Claim Group - 0320071079, Burns Prospect - 0320071048, High Line Mine, White Rock Mine - 0320070066

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.14783, 41.6891 (WGS84)
Elevation 2499
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bull Run Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bull Run Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Owyhee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 044 N 052 E 29 NENE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.14783, 41.6891

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 Burns Basin

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Blue Jacket Mining Co.
    Home office Nevada

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE MAP OF ELKO COUNTY, 1970.

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. OPEN-FILE REPORT 83-10, SAMPLES

  • Deposit

    1617 AND 1618.

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 60, 1962, P. 18.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 408, 1910, P. 74.

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 54, 1957, P. 30.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 17-92, 1992, PLATE 1,

  • Deposit

    NO. 59; PLATE 3, NO. 42.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-OCT-96 Schmauch, Steven W. 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.