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Rand Mine

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10246479
MRDS ID M031031
MAS/MILS ID 0320030188
Record type Site
Current site name Rand Mine
Alternate or previous names Honest Miner, Rand Shaft, Quaker City, Eldorado Rand Group
Related records 10103558

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.86142, 35.7014 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nelson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boulder City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Havasu-Mohave Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 026 S 064 E 08 N2SWNW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • MSHA LOCATION - 2.5 MI. WEST OF NELSON VIA SEARCHLIGHT ROAD

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.86142, 35.7014
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Du-Zi Partners, Ltd
    ID 2601703
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR MINES BULL.62, 1965, P.122 & 181.(GEOL. MAP INCL.)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-FEB-1993 Ridenour, James 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 05/01/1985
MSHA mine ID2601703
Mine name (MSHA)Randmine
Current operatorEldorado Mining
Current controller (parent)Kranjac Nick & John Ustiks
Mine typeFacility (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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External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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