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Bovie Lew Placer

Unknown in Lyon county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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 10222188
MAS/MILS ID 0320190247
Record type Site
Current site name Bovie Lew Placer
Alternate or previous names Bovie Lew Mine, Schwartz Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -119.32128, 38.99021 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Artesia Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

West Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013 N 024 E 17 NENESW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • THE ARTESIA LAKE 7.5-MIN. TOPO MAP (PROVISIONAL EDITION) SHOWS AN ADDITIONAL PIT IN THE SE/4 SEC. 20. THIS PIT EXTENDS NORTHWARD INTO DOUGLAS COUNTY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -119.32128, 38.99021
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Nevada Placer Mining Co., Inc.
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1981
  • Type Operator
    Owner Lucky Chance Mining Co., Inc.
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1981
  • Type Owner
    Owner El Tigre Oro, Inc.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STATE OF NEVADA. DIRECTORY OF MINE OPERATIONS

  • Deposit

    ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982. COMPILED BY

  • Deposit

    DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, 1982, P. 48.

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.

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