Quartette Mine

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Molybdenum, Silver, Zinc
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. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10197704
MRDS ID M030081
MAS/MILS ID 0320030215
Record type Site
Current site name Quartette Mine
Related records 10037033

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.92392, 35.45191 (WGS84)
Elevation 1048
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Searchlight(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Davis Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Piute Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029 S 063 E 02 W2SWNW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Alluvium, undifferentiated

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1902

Mining district

District name Searchlight

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Nevada Oil And Mineral Corp
    ID 2601779
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR MINES BULL 62 1965 P.114-115, 201.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 906-D 1938 P.161-164.

  • Deposit

    USBM INFORM CIRC 6964 1937 P.73.

  • 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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-FEB-93 Ridenour, James 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)

StatusAbandoned since 09/20/1984
MSHA mine ID2601779
Mine name (MSHA)Quartette Searchlight Mine
Current operatorNevada Oil & Mineral Corp
Current controller (parent)Roeder John
Mine typeFacility (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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External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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