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Amador Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver
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  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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10198545
MAS/MILS ID 0320150197
Record type Site
Current site name Amador Mine
Alternate or previous names Cresent, North Star, Blackhawk, Finnegan Tunnel, Ben Biggs, Amador

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.07903, 39.55932 (WGS84)
Elevation 1963
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Yankee Blade(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Edwards Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Reese(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 020 N 044 E 31 NWNW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 61 LOCATION FOR AMADOR MINE IS INCORRECT, IT IS ONE MILE NORTH OF SILVER CLIFF MINE LOCATED IN AMADOR CANYON NOT SAN FRANCISCO CANYON AND IN SECTIONS 30 AND 31 OF T. 20 N, R. 44 E. ANOMALOUS MOLYBDENIUM, SELENIUM.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.07903, 39.55932
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Reese River District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner H. Hafstetter, C. Kearns, W. Cummings, G. Nagy, J. H. Salton
    Year 1990

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 61, 1963, P. 109,

  • Deposit

    PLATE 1, FIGURE 28, P. 110.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 88, 1977, P. 92.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-AUG-95 Lipton, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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