Culverwell Adit

Prospect in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Tungsten
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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10271371
MRDS ID M241646
MAS/MILS ID 0320170418
Record type Site
Current site name Culverwell Adit
Alternate or previous names Tom Johnson Property, Upper and Lower Independence Adits, NBMG Sample Site 1708
Related records 10046479

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.47023, 37.40747 (WGS84)
Elevation 1783
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ella Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clover Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meadow Valley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006 S 067 E 22 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Scheelite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.47023, 37.40747

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Date of Last Modification 940126

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pennsylvania District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, 9/13/83.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-JAN-94 Stevenson U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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