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Golden Crater Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Manganese
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  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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10295714
MRDS ID M231678
MAS/MILS ID 0320230617
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Crater Mine
Alternate or previous names Bullhead No. 2 Claim
Related records 10044283, 10125267

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.08062, 38.53303 (WGS84)
Elevation 2135
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Manhattan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008 N 044 E 19 C SE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Crossbedded quartzite, siltstone, and phyllite
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 723, 1924, P. 143,

  • Deposit

    ALSO PLATE 1.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY HISTORICAL FILES, ITEM 240.

  • Deposit

    AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT PART OF THE TOQUIMA

  • Deposit

    RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALSO CRIB M231684. SEE MANHATTAN MINE FILE, SEE NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY HISTORICAL MAPS FOR EXACT LOCATION INFORMATION (0320230395). THE BULLHEAD NO. 2 CLAIM WAS LOCATED AND WORKED BY THE MANHATTAN GOLD CRATER AND THE IRON KING AND REILLY FRACTION PATENTED PROPERTIES ON THE EAST. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 723 LOCATION IS CLOSE, BUT NO ACCURATE. LOCATION BASED ON MAPS ON FILE AT NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY HISTORICAL FILES AND A 1917 MANHATTAN MINING DISTRICT MAP PRODUCED BY J.C. KENNDY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-95 Schmauch, Steven W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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