Mother Lode Mine

Unknown in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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 10222634
MAS/MILS ID 0320150225
Record type Site
Current site name Mother Lode Mine
Alternate or previous names Golden Star Pat., Grand Deposit Pat., Santa Fe Claim, Mother Lode, Veta Grande

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.09013, 39.24382 (WGS84)
Elevation 2513
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

Kingston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky Valley(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 Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016 N 043 E 13 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.09013, 39.24382

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kingston District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 594, 1915, P. 13 AND 128.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 88, 1977, P. 84.

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED REPORT, AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT

  • Deposit

    PART OF THE TOIYABE RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS

  • Deposit

    TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-MAY-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.

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.