Penny Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda 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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10246600
MAS/MILS ID 0320090206
Record type Site
Current site name Penny Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -117.38981, 37.31105 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Point SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Last Chance Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cactus-Sarcobatus Flats(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007 S 041 E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NOTE: THIS MINE HAS BEEN REPORTED IN BOTH SECS. 24 AND 29. CAVEAT EMPTOR ON THE LOCATION!

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -117.38981, 37.31105

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Bailey, Norman
    Interest 100
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Bill Matovich And Ray Dennison
    ID 2601337
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1977, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1976, P. 18.

  • Deposit

    NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1982, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982, P. 17.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-MAR-94 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 09/14/1979
MSHA mine ID2601337
Mine name (MSHA)Penny Mine
Current operatorBob Emmett & Louis Smith Owners
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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