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Nevada · Churchill County

Buffalo Hump Mine

Source Corroborated Gold Underground 1 mapped shaft 1 mapped adit

Key facts

State
Nevada
County
Churchill
Mining district
Eastgate
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Gold
Verification
Source Corroborated

Also known as

  • Buffalo Hump

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

A gold and silver mine.

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Additional documented workings

  • Shaft — documented in 1 source record.
    USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 1 shaft symbol
  • 1 adit symbol
  • Shaft : Buffalo Summit , 1969
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • 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.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Native Gold

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 (1)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 60944

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (1)

A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.

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