Bull Run Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10246330
MAS/MILS ID 0320070179
Record type Site
Current site name Bull Run Mine
Alternate or previous names Pedlar Mines, Edgar, Half Moon, Butte, Leonard, Colorado, Golden Rule, Gardner, Patented Claims:, Ina, Dyke, Decoration, Lovelock, Bunker Hill, Grandview, Scranton

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.16033, 41.6568 (WGS84)
Elevation 2158
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bull Run Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bull Run Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Owyhee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 043 N 052 E 05 NW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.16033, 41.6568

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 54, 1957, P. 56-57.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 610, 1968, P. 176.

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 60, SAMPLE NO. 1614.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES WAR MINERALS MEMORANDUM NEVADA 29, 1942.

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. HISTORICAL PAPERS COLLECTION

  • Deposit

    (1928 - PEDLAR MINES) (54 - ITEM 1).

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES

  • Deposit

    OF NEVADA: RENO NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO., P. 43.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 17-92, 1992, PLATE 1,

  • Deposit

    NO. 91; PLATE 3, NO. 48.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-OCT-91 Schmauch, Steven W. 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.