Oke Nos. 1-44

Occurrence in Nye 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. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10247351
MAS/MILS ID 0320232026
Record type Site
Current site name Oke Nos. 1-44

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -117.17402, 38.50133 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Seyler Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007 N 043 E 05 NE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -117.17402, 38.50133

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Manhattan District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT PART OF THE TOQUIMA

  • Deposit

    RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OKE NOS. 1-113 WERE LOCATED BY EXXON MINERALS COMPANY AS THEIR SMOKEY VALLEY PROJECT AROUND 1982. MOST CLAIMS WERE DROPPED AND ONLY A FEW CLAIMS LIE ON USFS LAND, IN SEC. 5. NINE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SAMPLES COLLECTED IN 1992 CONTAINED NO SIGNIFICANT VALUES. SAMPLE TOQ-394 IS FROM A 9-INCH DIAMETER DRILL HOLE DRILL OUTINGS. NO VALUES, BUT INDICATES CONTINUED EXPLORATION IN THIS AREA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-FEB-95 Schmauch, Steven W. 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.