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Nevada · Elko County

Black Warrior

Mindat Confirmed Gold Underground 1 mapped shaft 2 mapped adits

Key facts

State
Nevada
County
Elko
Mining district
Charleston
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Gold
Verification
Mindat Confirmed

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

Deposit: Vein located on divide between /76 and badger creeks. P.r. Prunty was owner in 1958. Development consists of a 120 ft. Shaft and an adit, now collapsed. ; info.src : 1 pub lit Geology: The vein is a continuation of that in the graham mine. Th…

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Additional documented workings

  • Shaft — documented in 2 source records, noting 120 ft shaft.
    USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features · Mindat
  • Adit — documented in 1 source record, noting 120 ft shaft.
    Mindat

Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 1 shaft symbol
  • 2 adit symbols
  • Shaft : Marys River Basin NW , 1968
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • Adit
    Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: 76 and badger creeks. P.r. Prunty was owner in 1958. Development consists of a 120 ft. Shaft and an adit, now collapsed. ; info.src :…
  • Shaft
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Shaft
    Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: ide between /76 and badger creeks. P.r. Prunty was owner in 1958. Development consists of a 120 ft. Shaft and an adit, now collapsed.…
  • 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.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Operators / organizations

  • Prunty, P. R. · Source-reported owner

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • commodity:Antimony
  • commodity:Copper
  • commodity:Gold
  • commodity:Lead
  • commodity:Silver
  • Diorite
  • Limestone

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

No community field reports yet.

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Sources & evidence

USGS Mineral Resources Data System

Type: Historical mine record

Supports:

  • mine identity
  • development status
  • commodities
  • underground eligibility evidence

USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Type: Historical mapped physical features

Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6

Supports:

  • mapped shaft symbols (1)
  • mapped adit symbols (2)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 40914

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (7)
  • underground workings

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