Colado Mine

Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity Diatomite
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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10174278
MAS/MILS ID 0320270509
Record type Site
Current site name Colado Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -118.79819, 40.26659 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Seven Troughs SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Granite Springs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028 N 029 E 08 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON 1981 MAP, "EAGLE PICHER MINE" IS LOCATED AT T. 28 N., R. 29 E., SEC. 28, SWNE AT LAT: N401614 LON: W1184558 ELEVATION: 1580M PRECISION: 10 M

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -118.79819, 40.26659

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on exploration

  • 2/19/97-EASTON MINERALS LIMITED PLANS TO START A REVERSE CIRCULATION DRILL PROGRAM ON THE COLADO GOLD PROJECT LATER THIS MONTH.

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Eagle-Picher Industries Inc
    ID 2600672
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1982
  • Type Owner
    Owner Santa Fe Pacific Gold Corp.
    Interest 50
    Year 1997
  • Type Owner
    Owner Easton Minerals Ltd.
    Interest 50
    Home office Canada
    Year 1997

Comments on the ownership information

  • COLADO FORMS PART OF THE COLOR JV, A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN EASTON MINERALS AND SANTA FE PACIFIC GOLD CORP. EASTON MINERALS HAS THE RIGHT TO ACQUIRE A 50% INTEREST IN THE GOLD PROJECT BY US $6 MILLION ON EXPLORATION OVER 6 YEARS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD. "EASTON PLANS DRILLING ON THE COLADO GOLD

  • Deposit

    PROJECT". 2/19/97. P.3.

  • Deposit

    NEV INDUS COMM DIR OF ACT MINE OPS, JAN 1977, P. 47

  • Deposit

    OFFICE OF THE NEV STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES

  • Deposit

    EAGLE-PICHER INDUSTRIES R.C.BAITTAIN MINE MNGR

  • Deposit

    PO BOX 959 LOVELOCK NV 89419

  • Deposit

    STATE OF NEVADA. DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS \0\0\0\0

  • Deposit

    ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982. COMPILED BY \0\0\0\0\0\0

  • Deposit

    DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, 1983, 60P. \0\0\0\0\0\0

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-MAY-97 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) 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)

StatusActive since 11/27/2001
MSHA mine ID2600672
Mine name (MSHA)Colado Mine
Current operatorU.S. Silica Company, LLC
Current controller (parent)USS Holdings Inc
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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