Imlay Canyon Placer Mine & Mill

Unknown in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10222478
MAS/MILS ID 0320270277
Record type Site
Current site name Imlay Canyon Placer Mine & Mill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -118.18518, 40.60679 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Star Peak(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)

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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032 N 034 E 30 NWNENW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -118.18518, 40.60679

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Trease Mining Co.
    ID 2601594
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 1356, 1973, P 75

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 89, 1977, PL 2A

  • Deposit

    USBM INFORM CIRC 6902, 1936, P 16

  • Deposit

    STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS

  • Deposit

    ACTIVE DURING 1979, NEVADA INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION,1980, P 55.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-DEC-96 Mayerle, Ronald T. 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 08/17/1994
MSHA mine ID2601594
Mine name (MSHA)Imlay Mine
Current operatorImperial Milling Inc
Current controller (parent)Kalkbrenner William
Mine typeSurface (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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Authoritative Nevada resources

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