Sky Claims

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, 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. 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 10173774
MAS/MILS ID 0320230606
Record type Site
Current site name Sky Claims

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -117.58124, 38.86242 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
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

Grantsville(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)

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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012 N 039 E 34 NWNWSE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -117.58124, 38.86242

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Grantsville Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Marshall Earth Resources
    ID 2601613
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1982
    First year 1

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA REPORT DATED JUNE 1980, P. 49.

  • Deposit

    STATE OF NEVADA. DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE

  • Deposit

    DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982, COMPILED BY DIVISION OF MINE

  • Deposit

    INSPECTION, 1983, 60 P.

  • Deposit

    HAMILTON, M.M., 1993, MINES, PROSPECTS, AND MINERAL

  • Deposit

    OCCURRENCES IN THAT PART OF THE SHOSHONE RANGE, NEVADA,

  • Deposit

    ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST: U.S. BUREAU OF

  • Deposit

    MINES MLA OPEN-FILE REPORT 16-93, P. 72.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-FEB-97 Hamilton U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 02/25/1986
MSHA mine ID2601613
Mine name (MSHA)Sky Claims
Current operatorMarshall Earth Resources Inc
Current controller (parent)Hugh Roy Marshall
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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