Majuba Hill Mine

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Arsenic, Copper, Gold, Lead, Molybdenum, Silver, Tin, Uranium
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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10198550
MRDS ID M060272
MAS/MILS ID 0320270042
Record type Site
Current site name Majuba Hill Mine
Alternate or previous names Majuba Hill, Majuba Mine
Related records 10042468, 10222787

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.46989, 40.66929 (WGS84)
Elevation 1902
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Majuba Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032 N 031 E 02 C S2NW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.46989, 40.66929

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Antelope

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV.BUR.OF MINES BULL.89,1977,P.44,46,PLS.2A,4.

  • Deposit

    NEV.BUR.OF MINES BULL. 86,1976,23PP.(GEOLOGIC MAPS INCLUDED)

  • Deposit

    NEV.BUR.OF MINES RPT.2,1962B,P.39.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL.1046-I,1958,P.183-203.(GEOLOGIC MAPS INCLUDED)

  • Deposit

    68.BUR.MINES RPT.OF INVEST.4378,1948,P.1-10.

  • Deposit

    GSA MEMOIR 15,1946,P.36.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL.931-C,1942,P.39-55.

  • Deposit

    U.S.BUR.MINES INFORM CIRC.6902,1936,P.8.

  • Deposit

    STEVENS, DAVID L., THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTE-

  • Deposit

    LOPE(MAJUBA HILL) MINING DISTRICT, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVA-

  • Deposit

    DA: M.S., UNIV. OF NEVADA, 1971, MAP SCALE: 1:12,000 AND

  • Deposit

    LARGER

  • Deposit

    MILLER, M.S., 1993, EMIGRANT TRAIL STUDY AREA, U.S. BUREAU

  • Deposit

    OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT, MLA 7-93, P. 97.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-JUN-94 Linne, James M. 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.