USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Lander County
Bailey Day Mine
Unconfirmed Gold Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Lander
- Mining district
- Battle Mountain District
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Gold
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Bailey Day and Angela Group
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Sec 21 T32N R44E. Gold Structure: Thrust Faults Along Contact Of Harmony And Battle Formations NW-Trending Faults Deposit type: Polymetallic veins Rock formation(s): Harmony Formation Ore(s): Fault Zone; Favorable Lithology
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 3 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
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Chalcopyrite
- Chrysocolla
- Hematite
- Limonite
- Malachite
- Tenorite
- Chalcopyrite
- Chrysocolla
View all 18 reported minerals
- Chalcopyrite
- Chrysocolla
- Hematite
- Limonite
- Malachite
- Tenorite
- Chalcopyrite
- Chrysocolla
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Silver
- Hematite
- Limonite
- Malachite
- Quartz-monzonite
- Sandstone
- Tenorite
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 adit symbols (3)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 60129
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (12)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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