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Highbridge Shaft

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Silver
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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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10271141
MRDS ID M231524
MAS/MILS ID 0320230244
Record type Site
Current site name Highbridge Shaft
Alternate or previous names Highbridge, Combination Mine, Canfield Mine, Childs and Canfield
Related records 10044164

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.86341, 38.58603 (WGS84)
Elevation 2231
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

Belmont East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(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 009 N 045 E 25 SWSE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.86341, 38.58603
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Zunino, Ben And John
    Year 1994

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLGOY BULLETIN 50, 1951,

  • Deposit

    P. 22-23 (KRAL).

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 99B, 1984,

  • Deposit

    P. (KLEINHAMPL AND ZIONY).

  • 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 KRAL (1950, P. 23) INCORRECTLY ASSOCIATES CANFIELD MINE WITH ARIZONA PATENTED PROPERTY. SEE BELMONT MINES FILE FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION (0320230558). A 2,000 FT. LONG PATENTED PROPERTY OPERATED BY SILVER BEND CO. OWNERSHIP - OWNED BY BEN & JOHN ZUNIO, FROM 1951 TO PRESENT (1994).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-JAN-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.

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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