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Clay Peters Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Copper, Tungsten, Silver
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044639
MRDS ID M232173
Record type Site
Current site name Clay Peters Mine
Alternate or previous names Kope Scheelite Mine, Morning Star Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.94288, 38.48437 (WGS84)
Elevation 2060
Relative position 0.3 MILES N-NW OF TIM HOLT SUMMIT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bettles Well(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring 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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 036E 11 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • THE LOCATIONS FOR THE CLAY PETERS MINE AND THE KOPE SCHEELITE MINE IS THE SAME ON THE MAP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Luning Formation
    Rock description Luning Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.94288, 38.48437
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Santa Fe District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Peters, Mrs. Clay
    Home office Los Angeles, Calif.
    First year 1935

Comments on the production information

  • AMOUNT UNKNOWN

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 240 FT SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58, TABLE 6.1

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-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.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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