Prunty Mines

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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 10295602
MAS/MILS ID 0320070365
Record type Site
Current site name Prunty Mines

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.49921, 41.701 (WGS84)
Elevation 2024
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Marys River Basin NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jarbidge Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bruneau(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 044 N 057 E 13 SWSWSW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.49921, 41.701

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sna Rafael Exploration Co
    ID 2601261
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ON SEVENTY-SIX CREEK ABT. 1/3 MI. ABOVE, GRAHAM MINE

  • Deposit

    NEV. INDUS. COMM. DIR. OF ACTIVE NEV. MINE OPS, APRIL, 1976,

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 54, 1957, P.3

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 741, 1923, P. 82, FIG. 19

  • Deposit

    STATE OF NEVADA. DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS

  • Deposit

    ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982, COMPILED BY DIVISION

  • Deposit

    OF MINE INSPECTION, 1983, 60 PP. \0\0\0\0\0\0

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-MAR-88 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) 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)

StatusActive since 10/03/2025
MSHA mine ID2601261
Mine name (MSHA)Prunty Mine
Current operatorHUMBOLDT MINING COMPANY
Current controller (parent)Fred Siaosi; Geoff Sando
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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External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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