USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Lander County
Avalanche Prospect
Unconfirmed Silver Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Lander
- Mining district
- Battle Mountain District
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Silver
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Blossom Mine
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Structure: Major Thrust Faults Numerous N-Trending Faults; Virgin Fault Zone Deposit: Orebodies replaced limey beds along shear zones. First claim here was recorded in 1869. This was among the claims acquired by the french co. In the early 1880's in t…
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 6 shaft symbols
- 17 adit symbols
View individual source records (2)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- French Co., (1880'S) · Historical operator
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Quartz
- Anglesite
- Pyrite
- Sphalerite
- Anglesite
- Chert
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Lead
View all 16 reported minerals
- Quartz
- Anglesite
- Pyrite
- Sphalerite
- Anglesite
- Chert
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Silver
- Diorite
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Quartzite
- Sandstone
- Shale
- Sphalerite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (6)
- mapped adit symbols (17)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 430289
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (12)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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Historical mapped workings available