Monte Cristo Prospect

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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10149846
MAS/MILS ID 0320230152
Record type Site
Current site name Monte Cristo Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.05122, 38.70523 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
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

Round Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010 N 044 E 21 S2 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ONE MILE EAST OF ROUND MOUNTAIN. INCLUDED IN THE CRX CLAIM GROUP (COPPER RANGE EXTENSION CLAIMS) IN 1993. LOCATION NOT VERIFIED BY FIELD STUDIES. QUITE LIKELY IT IS IN THE S 1/2 SEC. 21, T. 10 N., R. 44 E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.05122, 38.70523

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOIGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 725, 1921, P. 405.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGY MAP GQ-40, 1954, 1/125,000.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPORT 86-14,

  • Deposit

    MAP.

  • Deposit

    AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT PART OF THE TOQUIMA

  • Deposit

    RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-DEC-1994 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.