Wyoming-Scorpion Group

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044530
MRDS ID M231981
Record type Site
Current site name Wyoming-Scorpion Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.92507, 37.27718 (WGS84)
Elevation 1439
Relative position 4.5 MILES SW OF OBSIDIAN BUTTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tolicha Peak SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pahute Mesa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cactus-Sarcobatus Flats(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008S 045E 03 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.92507, 37.27718

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tolicha District

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kleinstick, H. B.
    Home office Daniel, Wy
    First year 1951

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 100 FT VERTICAL SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL,VE, 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG, BULL. 50, P. 169

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-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.

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.