USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · White Pine County
Bay State
Source Corroborated Tungsten Underground 2 mapped shafts 7 mapped adits
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- White Pine
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Tungsten
- Verification
- Source Corroborated
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Structure: Fracture Zone, Nw Striking Deposit: Near the veins the limestone is highly silicified. The largest vein,the chihuahua, was mined above and below adits on the north and south sides of mining canyon. It is As much As 15 ft wide. Both the sulf…
Additional documented workings
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Adit
— documented in 2 source records,
noting 15 ft wide.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features · Mindat -
Shaft
— documented in 2 source records.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 2 shaft symbols
- 7 adit symbols
- Shaft : Eureka , 1953
- Shaft : Diamond Peak , 1990
- Adit : Eureka , 1953
View individual source records (6)
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: veins the limestone is highly silicified. The largest vein,the chihuahua, was mined above and below adits on the north and south side… -
Shaft
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). 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.
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_type
Verification
Source Corroborated
Additional historical source evidence corroborates this record. This is not a member field verification of current conditions.
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
- Calcite
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Silver
- commodity:Tungsten
- commodity:Zinc
- Galena
- Limestone
View all 13 reported minerals
- Calcite
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Silver
- commodity:Tungsten
- commodity:Zinc
- Galena
- Limestone
- Quartz
- Scheelite
- Silver-bearing Galena
- Sphalerite
- Tetrahedrite Subgroup
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 (2)
- mapped adit symbols (7)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 59301
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (13)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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