Nevada Hills Mine

Past Producer in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10197216
MAS/MILS ID 0320010313
Record type Site
Current site name Nevada Hills Mine
Alternate or previous names Fairview-Eagle

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.16846, 39.24271 (WGS84)
Elevation 1762
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bell Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016 N 034 E 17 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • MAY ALSO INCLUDE THE FAIRVIEW SEC. 7 PATENT CLAIM

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Older alluvium and alluvial fan deposits

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Mining method Combined Methods

Mining district

District name Fairview District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WFOC MMR- NEVADA HILLS MINE

  • Deposit

    USGS TOPO MAP BELL CANYON, NEV, 7.5 MIN SERIES, 1972, PHOTO,

  • Deposit

    REVISED 1980, DMA-2362-II-NW SERIES-V896.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-96 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.