Imperial Mine

Unknown in Storey county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10247267
MAS/MILS ID 0320290106
Record type Site
Current site name Imperial Mine
Alternate or previous names Cons. Imperial Shaft, Consolidated Imperial Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -119.661, 39.2907 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Storey(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Virginia City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Storey

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017 N 021 E 32 NWNWSW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -119.661, 39.2907

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Houston International Minerals Corp.
    ID 2601450
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 49, 1950, P. 27, 63.

  • Deposit

    STATE OF NEVADA. DIRECTORY OF MINE OPERATIONS \0\0\0\0\0\0

  • Deposit

    ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982. COMPILED BY \0\0\0\0\0\0

  • Deposit

    DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, 1982, P. 52.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-DEC-1996 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 06/28/1982
MSHA mine ID2601450
Mine name (MSHA)Consolidated Imperial Pit
Current operatorW E Vining Company Inc
Current controller (parent)Vining W E
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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External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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