Rye Patch Group

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Tungsten, 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. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10295744
MRDS ID M060342
MAS/MILS ID 0320270298
Record type Site
Current site name Rye Patch Group
Alternate or previous names Alpha, Butte, Silver Bell Claims
Related records 10042525, 10125132

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.23017, 40.42849 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Congress Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 030 N 033 E 26 SESESE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.23017, 40.42849

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rye Patch

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 89, 1977, P 84, PL 2A

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 24, 1935, TOPO MAP

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF PAPER 318, 1959, P 73

  • Deposit

    USBM INF CIRC 6902, 1936, P 33

  • Deposit

    USGS GEOL MAP GQ-820, 1969, 1/62,500

  • Deposit

    P 565

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 414, 1909, P 43-45

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-MAR-94 Crandell, William D. 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.