Union Amalgamated Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10149249
MRDS ID M231675
MAS/MILS ID 0320230387
Record type Site
Current site name Union Amalgamated Mine
Alternate or previous names Union, Amalgamated Mine, Union No. 2, Earl Mine, Earle Mine
Related records 10103954

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.06032, 38.53383 (WGS84)
Elevation 2271
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 20 SENESE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.06032, 38.53383

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 50, 1951, P. 125.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVYE BULLETIN 723, 1924, P. 153, 154,

  • Deposit

    PLATE 1 (H.K. FERGUSON).

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES CONFIDENTIAL PRODUCTION FILE.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 86-470 (LOCATION

  • Deposit

    ONLY) TABLE NO. 15, P. 23.

  • Deposit

    LOCATED AS THE EARLE MINE ON MANHATTAN 7.5 MIN TOPO.

  • Deposit

    AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT PART OF THE TOQUIMA

  • Deposit

    RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE PATENTED CLAIMS UNION, UNION NO. 2, AND EARL WERE PATENTED AND WORKED BY THE MANHATTAN AMALGAMATED MINING CO. THESE CLAIMS COVER MOST OF LITIGATION HILL, EVEN THOUGH THESE MINES WERE NOT IN LITIGATION AT ANY TIME - SEE WHITE CAP MINE FILE FOR THOSE PARTICULARS (0320230120).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-FEB-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

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