American Ravine Mine

Unknown in Lyon 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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10198010
MAS/MILS ID 0320190248
Record type Site
Current site name American Ravine Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -119.6585, 39.2546 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Virginia City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016 N 021 E 17 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NOTE: AMERICAN RAVINE IS WITHIN SECS. 7 AND 8. THEREFORE, THE REPORTED LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS PROBABLY ERRONEOUS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -119.6585, 39.2546

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Golden American
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STATE OF NEVADA. DIRECTORY OF MINE OPERATIONS

  • Deposit

    ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982. COMPILED BY

  • Deposit

    DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTIO.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-DEC-96 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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