Treasure Trove Mine

Plant in Clark 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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10294826
MAS/MILS ID 0320030666
Record type Site
Current site name Treasure Trove Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -114.60751, 35.18442 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Davis Dam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Davis Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Havasu-Mohave Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lake Mead National Recreation Area(National Recreation Area)

National Recreation Area NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032 S 066 E 03 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • OFF HWY 95 SOUTH OF SEARCHLIGHT, TURN LEFT AT CAL-NEV LINE, GO EAST 1.5 MILES

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) Alluvium, undifferentiated

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Plant type Leach
Plant subcategory Gravity

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Recreation Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Darrell Claiborne Construction
    ID 2601726
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1981
  • Type Owner
    Owner Eddie And Billy Bounsall
    ID 2601726
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1990
  • Type Owner
    Owner Treasure Trove Mining Venture
    ID 2601726
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DMI, 1981, P. 10.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-FEB-93 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 08/13/1985
MSHA mine ID2601726
Mine name (MSHA)Treasure Trove Mine
Current operatorWestern Minerals Productions Inc
Current controller (parent)Johnson Charles
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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