USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Humboldt County
Basque Mine
Mindat Confirmed Gold Underground 2 mapped adits
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Humboldt
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Gold
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Also known as
- NBMG Sample Site 2382
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Sec 33 T39N R38E Deposit: Workings are on very large n-s vein systems that can be traced for 400-500 ft up the ridge. Veins are in a dark grey shaley member of the rasberry formation. The main adit in the center of camp is caved and the one remaining …
Additional documented workings
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Adit
— documented in 2 source records,
noting 500 ft.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features · Mindat
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 2 adit symbols
- Adit : Bliss , 1959
View individual source records (4)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Adit
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field. -
Adit
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: 400-500 ft up the ridge. Veins are in a dark grey shaley member of the rasberry formation. The main adit in the center of camp is cav…
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type
Verification
Mindat Confirmed
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why confirmed?
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- Basque Mining And Milling Co. · Historical operator
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- commodity:Gold
- Diorite
- Native Gold
- Quartz
- Slate
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 (2)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 59698
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (5)
- underground workings
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