Montezuma District

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Bismuth
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Controls for ore emplacement
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001012
MRDS ID M232104
Record type District
Current site name Montezuma District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.36951, 37.70354 (WGS84)
Relative position THE MAJOR MINES ARE LOCATED WEST OF MONTEZUMA PEAK. THE UTM COORDINATES ARE OF MONTEZUMA TOWNSITE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Montezuma Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Bismuth Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.36951, 37.70354

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name MONTEZUMA DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STRETCH, R.H., 1904, THE MONTEZUMA DISTRICT, NEVADA: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, JULY 7, 1904, VOL. 78, NO. 1, P. 5-6.

  • Deposit

    BALL, S.H., 1907, A GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE IN SOUTHWESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIF.: USGS BULL. 308, P. 63-64.

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: RENO, NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO., P. 78-79

  • Deposit

    ALBERS, J.P. AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA CO., NEV.: NBMG BULL. 78, P. 70.

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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