Downeyville

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Molybdenum, Silver, Zinc
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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10125563
MAS/MILS ID 0320230361
Record type Site
Current site name Downeyville

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.90154, 38.91162 (WGS84)
Elevation 1475
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Downeyville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs 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 012 N 036 E 11 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.90154, 38.91162

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 50, 1951, PP108-109

  • Deposit

    ON W SLOPE OF PARADISE RANGE, 2.8 MI NE OF GABBS

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR RPT 2 1962 P.33

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-NOV-84 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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