Mary

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Copper, Gold, Lead, 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. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10149531
MAS/MILS ID 0320090163
Record type Site
Current site name Mary
Alternate or previous names Mary-Drinkwater 0320090738, Mineral Ridge 0320090371, Silver Peak 0320090735

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.69452, 37.79354 (WGS84)
Elevation 2133
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002 S 039 E 06 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.69452, 37.79354

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1863
Mining method Combined Methods
Year of first production 1920
Milling method Unspecified

Comments on exploration

  • FROM 1976 TO 1977 EXPLORED BY HOUSTON OIL & MINERALS CORP.

Mining district

District name Silver Peak

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Black Mammoth Consolidated Mininng Co. (Bmcmc)
    Interest 100
    Year 1996
    First year 1920
    Last year 1942
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Richfield Resources

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 225, 1904, PP. 112-113

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL.78, 1972, P.46, PL.2

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF PAPER 55, 1906, PP.23,54-55

  • Deposit

    MSHA RPT DATED JUNE 18, 1981

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, 79.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL, 1994/95, MINES DIRECTORY, US MINES & MINING

  • Deposit

    COMPANIES, P 335, "MARY/DRINKWATER PROJECT"

  • Deposit

    RANDOL, 1996/1997, MINES DIRECTORY, US MINES & MINING

  • Deposit

    COMPANIES, PP. 258, 259, "MINERAL RIDGE".

  • Deposit

    1995/96, NEVADA MINES DIRECTORY, P8, "MINERAL RIDGE".

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-DEC-96 Buckingham, David A. 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.