USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Lincoln County
Burke Mine
Mindat Confirmed Silver Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Lincoln
- Mining district
- Pioche District
- Development status
- Occurrence
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Silver
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Also known as
- Burke Tunnel
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Deposit: Oxidized Ag ore decreased in grade eastward and downward. Tunnel intersects the burke vein then another vein in the quartzite, and finally the yuba dike. Mine located on SE branch of main fissure vein Development: Exploratory work done in 192…
Additional documented workings
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Tunnel
— documented in 1 source record.
Mindat
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 50 shaft symbols
- 17 adit symbols
View individual source records (3)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Tunnel
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: Deposit: Oxidized Ag ore decreased in grade eastward and downward. Tunnel intersects the burke vein then another vein in the quartzit…
- 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
- Galena
- Sphalerite
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Silver
- commodity:Zinc
- Galena
- Quartzite
- Sphalerite
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 (50)
- mapped adit symbols (17)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 57711
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (6)
- underground workings
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