Mesona Claims

Prospect in Elko 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. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10295449
MAS/MILS ID 0320070956
Record type Site
Current site name Mesona Claims
Alternate or previous names Mesona Property

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -115.93563, 41.5882 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McAfee Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jarbidge Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 043 N 053 E 35 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -115.93563, 41.5882

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Freeport-Mcmoran Gold Co.
    Year 1991

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD. MESONA PROPERTY/BULL RUN ANNOUNCES 1982

  • Deposit

    RESULTS ON EXPLORATORY WORK. MAY 25 1983.

  • Deposit

    MINING ENGINEERING: BULL RUN GOLD MINES LTD. V. 35, NO 5 MAY

  • Deposit

    1983, P 408.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 17-92, 1992, PLATE 1,

  • Deposit

    NO. 109.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Environmental Factors LESS THAN 40 PPM CYANIDE IN TAILS. NO BIRD DEATHS TO DATE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-OCT-91 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.