1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Upper Dry Cottonwood

Unknown in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gemstone, Sapphire, Gold, Silver
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10271397
MAS/MILS ID 0320230100
Record type Site
Current site name Upper Dry Cottonwood
Alternate or previous names Tonopah Merger, California Group, Tonopah Extension, Dry Cottonwood Creek, American Gem Corp.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.23902, 38.05414 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(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

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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002 N 042 E 02 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Tertiary
Sapphire Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.23902, 38.05414
ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner American Gem Corp., Greg Dhal
    Home office Helena, Mt
    Year 1995

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 51, 1953, P. 119.

  • Deposit

    PERSONAL COMMUNICATION ROBIN MCCULLUCH, MONTANA BUREAU OF

  • Deposit

    MINES & GEOLOGY, BUTTE, MT, 1995.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1994, DIRECTORY OF PRINCIPAL U.S.

  • Deposit

    GEMSTONE PRODUCERS IN 1993; U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERAL

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRY SURVEYS, P. 33.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE OF FIVE MINES OF AMERICAN GEM CORP., OTHERS INCLUDE - GEM MOUNTAIN (0300390374), ELDORADO (0300490412), LOVESTONE (0300490424), AND SPOKANE BAR SAPPHIRE (030490231) AS OF 1995.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-AUG-1995 Lowe, Nathan T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Nevada resources

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