Tiptop-Kismet Group

Prospect in Nye 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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10271343
MAS/MILS ID 0320230124
Record type Site
Current site name Tiptop-Kismet Group
Alternate or previous names Ofero, Otero Mine, Nabob, Kismet, Hoodoo, Tip Top

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.03202, 38.54523 (WGS84)
Elevation 2255
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

Manhattan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(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 008 N 044 E 15 C SESW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.03202, 38.54523

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES GEOLOGICAL MAP 37, 1976.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 50, 1951, P. 127

  • Deposit

    (KRAL).

  • Deposit

    WFOC MINE MAP REPOSITORY REEL M-26, FRAME 219.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY HISTORICAL FILES NO. 2,

  • Deposit

    ITEM 337 (1932 CLAIM MAP).

  • Deposit

    AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT PART OF THE TOQUIMA

  • Deposit

    RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-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.