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Transylvania

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Silver
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  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 10173928
MRDS ID W016434
MAS/MILS ID 0320230246
Record type Site
Current site name Transylvania
Alternate or previous names Belmont Shaft, Tramps Mine
Related records 10072148

Comments on the site names

  • THIS IS THE TRANSYLVANIA, (SURVEY NO. MS38) PROPERTY. DO NOT CONFUSE WITH THE TRANSYLVANIA NO. 1 (SURVEY NO. 47B) OR THE TRANSYLVANIA NO. 3, WHICH ARE ALSO IN A CONTIGUOUS GROUP OF 20 PATENTED PROPERTIES COLLECTIVELY. SEE BELMONT MINES FILE FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION (0320230558).

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.86061, 38.57963 (WGS84)
Elevation 2225
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

Belmont East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Diamond-Monitor 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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 009 N 045 E 36 SE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Felsic phaneritic intrusive rocks
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 50, 1951,

  • Deposit

    P. 34-35.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 99B, 1984,

  • Deposit

    P. 56-63.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 407, 1910, P. 113-120.

  • Deposit

    MSHA REPORT DATED AUGUST 24, 1981.

  • 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 24-JAN-95 Schmauch, Steven W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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