Kelley Mine

Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gemstone
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 10184050
MAS/MILS ID 0320130451
Record type Site
Current site name Kelley Mine
Alternate or previous names Kelly Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -119.08272, 41.78207 (WGS84)
Elevation 1682
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Virgin Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Thousand-Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 045 N 026 E 30 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -119.08272, 41.78207

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEMSTONE COMMODITY IS OPAL. MAP NAME IS : BIG SPRING BUTTE, NEVADA-OREGON.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner C. George Hewitt, Virgin Valley, Denio, Nv
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1994

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERA-

  • Deposit

    TIONS ACTIVE DURING 1977. NEVADA INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION,

  • Deposit

    JUNE 30, 1978, P. 23.

  • Deposit

    STATE OF NEVADA. DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS

  • Deposit

    ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982, COMPILED BY DIVISION

  • Deposit

    OF MINE INSPECTION, 1983, 60 PP.

  • Deposit

    DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR

  • Deposit

    YEAR 1994, STATE OF NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRY, DIVISION OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, CARSON CITY,

  • Deposit

    NV, APRIL 1995, P. 49.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1994, DIRECTORY OF PRINCIPAL U.S.

  • Deposit

    GEMSTONE PRODUCERS IN 1993; U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERAL

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRY SURVEYS, P. 39.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-JUL-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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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