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Danville Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10222592
MRDS ID M233502
MAS/MILS ID 0320230290
Record type Site
Current site name Danville Mine
Alternate or previous names Zealous, Vestal, Young American, Boston Claim, Boston, Richmond, Argonaut, Ponticulos
Related records 10045706

Comments on the site names

  • U.S. GEOLGOCIAL SURVEY HAS DUPLICATE LISTINGS FOR THIS PROPERTY: DANVILLE MINE (M233502) AND BOSTON AND RICHMOND AREA (M231556). THE DANVILLE MINE CONSISTS OF 7 IRREGULAR-SHAPED PATENTED CLAIMS, LOCATED IN THREE AREAS IN SECS. 24 AND 25, ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDES OF DANVILLE CANYON, NEAR THE RUINS OF DANVILLE, NV. THE PATENTED CLAIM NAMES ARE: BOSTON, RICHMOND, VESTAL, ZEALOUS, YOUNG AMERICAN, ARGONAUT, AND PONTICULOS.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.5223, 38.77493 (WGS84)
Elevation 2329
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Danville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011 N 048 E 24 SE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.5223, 38.77493
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1866
Year of first production 1870

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 50, 1951, P.51-52,

  • Deposit

    KRAL.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 34-93, 1993,

  • Deposit

    J.J. SATKOSKI.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-MAR-95 Schmauch, Steven W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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