USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Humboldt County
Big Deal Claims
Mindat Confirmed Mercury Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Humboldt
- Mining district
- Poverty Peak District
- Development status
- Occurrence
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Mercury
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Structure: Faults Alteration: Silicification Deposit: In 1970, the big deal consisted of 3 contiguous unpatented claims. Development consists of a 20-ft. Shaft and short adit each exposing narrow mineralized fault zones. Any potential is for small, h…
Additional documented workings
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Adit
— documented in 1 source record.
Mindat -
Shaft
— documented in 1 source record.
Mindat
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 1 shaft symbol
View individual source records (4)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Adit
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: deal consisted of 3 contiguous unpatented claims. Development consists of a 20-ft. Shaft and short adit each exposing narrow minerali… -
Shaft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: In 1970, the big deal consisted of 3 contiguous unpatented claims. Development consists of a 20-ft. Shaft and short adit each exposin…
- 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: Occurrence
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Calcite
- Quartz
- Cinnabar
- commodity:Mercury
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 (1)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 429611
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (1)
- underground workings
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