Memphis

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046130
MRDS ID M234100
Record type Site
Current site name Memphis
Alternate or previous names Slattery

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.49813, 41.69962 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Marys River Basin NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jarbidge Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bruneau(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 044N 057E 13,24 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.49813, 41.69962

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 Charleston

Comments on the production information

  • ORE ALSO CONTAINS SOME SILVER AND COPPER.

Comments on the workings information

  • SINGLE ADIT SHOWN ON TOPO SHEET

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, R.M. (1976-56) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV. USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT

  • Production

    SMITH, R.M. (1976)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A SINGLE ADIT IS SHOWN IN SECTION 24, T 44 N, R 57 E ON THE 1968 MARYS RIVER BASIN 7 1/2 FT QUAD ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1979 Kirkham, Richard A. 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.