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Amargosa Mine

Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Clay
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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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046577
MRDS ID M241762
Record type Site
Current site name Amargosa Mine
Alternate or previous names Industrial Mineral Ventures, Inc. Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.43837, 36.44637 (WGS84)
Elevation 689
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Utm To Near Center Of Sec. 27.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Franklin Well(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Death Valley Junction(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(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 017S 049E 27 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Lake Sediments

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.43837, 36.44637
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ash Meadows District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Industrial Mineral Ventures Inc.; Forest Hansen, Res. Mgr.
    Home office Rfd Box 549, Lathrop Wells Nv., 89020
    First year 1982

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT AND MILL

Comments on development

  • LISTED AS AN ACTIVE OPEN PIT MINE AND MILL (CRUSHING, SCREENING) EMPLOYING ABOUT 43 PERSONS IN 1982.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 1983, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE ACTIVITIES ACTIVE IN 1982-NBMG REPORT

  • Deposit

    MELHASE, JOHN, 1926, ENG. & MIN. JOUR., VOL. 121, P. 837-842

  • Deposit

    DENNY, C.S. AND DREWES, M., 1965, USGS BULL 1181-L, B

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-83 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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