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Oro Plata Mine

Prospect in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodity Silver
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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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10294981
MAS/MILS ID 0320030775
Record type Site
Current site name Oro Plata Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.96273, 35.6839 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Keyhole Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boulder City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ivanpah-Pahrump Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 026 S 063 E 17 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NOTE: IN ALL PROBABILITY, THIS MINE IS IN R. 64 E., NOT IN R. 63 E. (SEE NELSON 7.5-MIN. TOPO MAP), AS REPORTED BY THE NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.96273, 35.6839
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Oro Plata Resources, Inc.
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1991

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1991, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1990, P. 14.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-93 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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