Iron Hat Mine

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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045713
MRDS ID M233510
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Hat Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.07009, 38.76937 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 2000 FT NE OF JANUARY (OKEY DAVIS) MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carvers SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011N 036E 36 SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fairplay District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • WINZE, RAISE, CUTS IN 1914

Comments on development

  • MENTIONED BY SIRDEVAN AS A "POOR PROSPECT"

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIRDEVAN, W.H., 1914, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE MINES & PROSPECTS IN THE GOLDYKE AREA: NBMG FILE 227, ITEM 1

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1982 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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.