| Deposit ID | 10173917 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0320230379 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Reliance Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Reliance, Copenhagen |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.08672, 38.53323 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2146 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
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)
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Nye |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 008 N | 044 E | 19 | NENENW | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Main Entrance (1) | -117.08672, 38.53323 |
|---|
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1905 |
| Year of first production | 1906 |
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0320230379 |
NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 50, 1951, P. 119.
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGY MAP, GQ-40, 1954, 1/125,000.
AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT PART OF THE TOQUIMA
RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SHAFT OBLITERATED BY LARGE SCALE PLACER DREDGING AND THE WORKINGS FLOODED. THE RELIANCE MINE IS ON THE SURVEYED BUT NOT PATENTED COPENHAGEN CLAIM WHICH IS CONTIGUOUS AND ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ORPHANT PATENTED CLAIM. BOTH OF THESE CLAIMS WERE OPERATED BY THE RELIANCE MINING COMPANY. THE RELIANCE SHAFT IS 464 FT. DEEP WITH 4,000 FT WORKINGS. IN 1946 THE SHAFT BUILDINGS WERE REMOVED, THE AREA PREPARED FOR AND DREDGED THE OVERLYING GRAVELS BY THE MANHATTAN GOLD DREDING COMPANY. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 24-FEB-1995 | Schmauch, Steven W. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
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