Old Sullivan

Plant 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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10271428
MAS/MILS ID 0320230780
Record type Site
Current site name Old Sullivan
Alternate or previous names Black Rock Claims, Black Mammoth Project 1980

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.09812, 38.54383 (WGS84)
Elevation 3073
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)

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 008 N 043 E 24 C N2NE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.09812, 38.54383

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Plant type Leach

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Ivy Minerals
    Year 1987

Comments on the ownership information

  • CHARLES LEE, PACIFIC PALISADES, CA LEASED THIS PROPERTY TO HUSTON OIL AND MINERALS (1980), WESTERN MINERALS = EXP. LTD. (1982), AND ARIZONA HILLSIDE MINING (1983). HEAP LEACH OPERATIONS WERE PLANNED. 1988 BLM MASTER TITLE PLATS SHOW IVY MINERALS INC. HAS THIS PROPERTY. THE CLAIM CONSISTS OF: BLACK ROCK NO. 1, BLACK ROCK-BLACK LIME EXTENSION, OLD SULLIVAN, OLD SULLIVAN NOS. 1 AND 2.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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 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.