Freiburg Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities 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 10295676
MRDS ID M060505
MAS/MILS ID 0320170201
Record type Site
Current site name Freiburg Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.60117, 37.94605 (WGS84)
Elevation 2194
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Worthington Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Timpahute Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sand Spring-Tikaboo Valleys(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001 N 057 E 20 NWSW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.60117, 37.94605

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 BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Freiberg Mining Corp.
    ID 2601548
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 73, 1970, P. 173; NO. 113, PLATE 1.

  • Deposit

    NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION 1982, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982, P. 34.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 69-85, 1985, SAMPLE

  • Deposit

    NO. 3, PLATE 1.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-JUN-93 Wood 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 10/01/1981
MSHA mine ID2601548
Mine name (MSHA)Frieberg Mine & Mill
Current operatorFrieberg Mining Corp
Current controller (parent)Burrows Thomas J
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.