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Smoky Valley Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Iron, Lead, Silver, Tungsten
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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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10125756
MAS/MILS ID 0320150229
Record type Site
Current site name Smoky Valley Mine
Alternate or previous names Gilmore Claims, Mine, Gerish, Gilmore Silver Mine, Big Smoky, Smoky, Gold Star Mine, Nevada Birch Creek Mining Co. Group, Silver Claim

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.01153, 39.37242 (WGS84)
Elevation 2060
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

North Toiyabe Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018 N 044 E 34 SWSESE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Crossbedded quartzite, siltstone, and phyllite
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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 Birch Creek District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 594, 1915, P. 125-126.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 88, 1977, P. 73

  • Deposit

    AND 75.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 7043, 1939, P. 36.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 81, 1973, P. 68.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY OFR 79-3, 1968, P. 116-117.

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED REPORT, AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT

  • Deposit

    PART OF THE TOIYABE RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS

  • Deposit

    TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANOMALOUS ARSENIC

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-MAY-95 Lipton, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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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.