Perkins Nos. 1-10

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Mercury, Molybdenum, 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. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10305612
MRDS ID N231509
MAS/MILS ID 0320231118
Record type Site
Current site name Perkins Nos. 1-10
Alternate or previous names Perkins Prospect, Washington Mine, Kerr-Mcgee Iron Prospect 1966, Perkins and Warren Moly Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.96452, 38.64933 (WGS84)
Elevation 2804
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

Jefferson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 009 N 045 E 06 NWSW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Mercury Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.96452, 38.64933

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Barcelona District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT PART OF THE TOQUIMA

  • Deposit

    RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 86-470, TABLE NO. 3

  • Deposit

    ON P. 6.

  • Deposit

    ERVINE, W.B., 1972, STANFORD UNIVERSITY PHD THESIS,

  • Deposit

    P. 113-117.

  • Deposit

    KRAL, 1951, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 50,

  • Deposit

    P. 24.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY HISTORICAL FILES NO. 213,

  • Deposit

    ITEM NO. 17.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 99B, 1984,

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL AND ZIONY, P. 47, 49, 50.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPORT 79-3,

  • Deposit

    1979, SCHILLING, P. 144.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-MAR-95 Schmauch, Steven W. 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.