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Nevada · Mineral County

Allen Mine

Source Corroborated Mercury Underground 3 mapped shafts 4 mapped adits

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Key facts

State
Nevada
County
Mineral
Mining district
Pilot Mountains District
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Mercury
Verification
Source Corroborated

Also known as

  • SpringsSpring

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

  • Adit — documented in 1 source record.
    USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
  • Shaft — documented in 1 source record.
    USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 3 shaft symbols
  • 4 adit symbols
  • Shaft : Eddyville , 1980
  • Adit : Eddyville , 1980
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • Adit
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Shaft
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • USGS MRDS working type: Underground
  • MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type

Verification

Source Corroborated

Additional historical source evidence corroborates this record. This is not a member field verification of current conditions.

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Why it's listed

USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Operators / organizations

  • K. W. Dunham · Source-reported owner

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Barite
  • Calcite
  • Clay
  • Pyrite
  • Cinnabar

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

No community field reports yet.

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Sources & evidence

USGS Mineral Resources Data System

Type: Historical mine record

Supports:

  • mine identity
  • development status
  • commodities
  • underground eligibility evidence

USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Type: Historical mapped physical features

Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6

Supports:

  • mapped shaft symbols (3)
  • mapped adit symbols (4)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

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