Grandma Shaft

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Iron
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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037020
MRDS ID M030067
Record type Site
Current site name Grandma Shaft
Related records 10295610

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.21535, 37.72217 (WGS84)
Elevation 1743
Relative position 0.61 MILES SE OF COLUMBIA MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goldfield(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002S 042E 36 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.21535, 37.72217

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ALASKITE VERY SMALL IN VOLUME

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Goldfield District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING; 1962B; MOLYBDEM IN NEVADA; NEV. BUR. OF MINES; REPORT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1978 Theodore, Ted G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

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.