Orphant

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10125534
MAS/MILS ID 0320231187
Record type Site
Current site name Orphant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.08732, 38.54383 (WGS84)
Elevation 2086
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Manhattan(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008 N 044 E 18 SWSESW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.08732, 38.54383

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Manhattan District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Thanksgiving Reorganized Mining Co.-Freeport Mcmoran
    Interest 100
    Year 1988

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT PART OF THE TOQUIMA

  • Deposit

    RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 50, 1951, P. 120-121 (KRAL).

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC MAP GQ-40, 1954, 1:125,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE COPENHAGEN IS COINCIDENT WITH SOUTH BORDER AND WAS SURVEYED AT THE SAME TIME, BUT NOT PATENTED. IT LIES ON BLM LAND IN SEC. 19 AND COVERS A PART OF THE MANHATTAN GULCH PLACERS. PATENTED IN 1914 BY WILLIAM MORE DECKER. PROBABLY INCLUDED IN GOLD WEDGE - GOLD VIRGIN FILE. SEE THAT FILE FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION (0320232014). ON WEST PART OF MUSTANG HILL, ADJOINING GOLD METALS CLAIMS ON THE SOUTHEAST AND RELIANCE AND MUSTANG ON THE NORTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-MAR-95 Schmauch, Steven W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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.