M-9 Adit

Prospect in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, 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 10159346
MAS/MILS ID 0320230761
Record type Site
Current site name M-9 Adit
Alternate or previous names Wahmonie Workings, M-9 Adit-Climax Stock, Tamney Properties, Climax Stock

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.06057, 37.24216 (WGS84)
Elevation 1847
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

Oak Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pahute Mesa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sand Spring-Tikaboo Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOE(Federal land areas administered by DOE)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008 S 053 E 15 Nevada

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.06057, 37.24216

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. OFR 84-2, 1984, FIG. 4, P. 11;

  • Deposit

    P. 12; APPENDIX A, SAMPLE NO.S 1822, 1924, AND 1925.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-MAR-91 Raney, Russell G. 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.