Breen Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities 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. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10246832
MAS/MILS ID 0320150733
Record type Site
Current site name Breen Mine
Alternate or previous names Breen Shaft, Phony Rider, Bray Mine, Midas Nos. 2 Claim, Carioca, Arizonia, Thurman, Cleveland, Lucky Boy Claims, Ragtime Prospect, Yellow Dog Prospect, Peerless Shaft, Peerless 2-4 Claims, Falkner Shaft, Grey Eagle Mine, Midas Claim, General Ledlie, Ripple and Comet, Hattie Shaft, Yellow Dog No. 2

Comments on the site names

  • MOST OF THE ALTERNATE NAMES ARE FROM MINES, CLAIMS AND PATENTS IN ROUGHLY A 1 MINE AREA AROUND THE BREEN MINE. INFORMATION ON THE SE WORKINGS IS KEPT IN THIS MINERAL PROPERTY FILE. ANOMALOUS, ARSENIC, MOLYBDENUM, ANTIMONY.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.06733, 39.52052 (WGS84)
Elevation 1978
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

Yankee Blade(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Reese(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 019 N 044 E 07 SENWSE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.06733, 39.52052

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Reese River District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-MAR-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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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