Tomboy Group

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, 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 10295543
MAS/MILS ID 0320150091
Record type Site
Current site name Tomboy Group
Alternate or previous names Tomboy Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.12014, 40.528 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Galena Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(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 Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031 N 043 E 27 E2E2SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • USGS PROF. PAPER 594-B GIVES THE LOCATION OF THIS MINE IN THE NW/4 SEC. 34, T. 31 N., R. 43 E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.12014, 40.528

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 594, 1915, P. 88-89.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 7043, 1939, P. 25-26.

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, VOL. I -

  • Deposit

    NORTHWESTERN UTAH, P. 86-87.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 459-B, 1965, P. B51-B52.

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 88, 1977, TABLE 13,

  • Deposit

    P. 71.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-JUL-93 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.