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Ione Silver Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045831
MRDS ID M233670
Record type Site
Current site name Ione Silver Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.58705, 38.94825 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position NEAR IONE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ione(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern 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 013N 039E 34 Nevada

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.58705, 38.94825
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Union District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Argus Resources, Inc., Fred Ware - Production Manager
    Home office P. O. Box 56, Austin, Nv 89310

Comments on development

  • LISTED AS AN ACTIVE UNDERGROUND SILVER MINE IN 1981, EMPLOYING 3 PERSONS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, 1981, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1980

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-81 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.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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