The Bobby is a tungsten mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,821 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,821 Feet (2,079 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 38.9439, -117.24420
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Bobby MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bobby
Secondary: Bobby #4
Secondary: Coco-Mo
Secondary: Dutch
Secondary: Knat
Secondary: Loring
Secondary: New York
Secondary: Warfield
Secondary: Reeves Mining Co. Property
Secondary: Butch
Secondary: Newmont Lease
Secondary: Bobbie #4 Mine & Mill
Secondary: Centipede
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Twin River
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
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Ownership
Owner Name: Reeves Mining, Inc.
Info Year: 1975
Owner Name: A And B Mining And Milling Co.
Company ID: 2601170
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1977
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1953
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
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Comments
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References
Reference (Deposit): NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1979, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE
Reference (Deposit): OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALAENDAR YEAR 1975, P. 52.
Reference (Deposit): NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1976, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE
Reference (Deposit): NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 105, 1988, P. 154.
Reference (Deposit): OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1978, P. 43.
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
