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Nevada · Eureka County

California Tunnel

Mindat Confirmed Silver Underground

Key facts

State
Nevada
County
Eureka
Mining district
Eureka District
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Silver
Verification
Mindat Confirmed

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

Structure: Northeast-Striking Transverse Faults More Abundant Alteration: Local Silicification Deposit: Replacement orebodies in fractured zones of dolomite worked intermitantly from 1879 to 1917, 3,378 ton of ore valued at $108,644 were produced (no…

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Additional documented workings

  • Tunnel — documented in 1 source record.
    Mindat

Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 23 shaft symbols
  • 39 adit symbols
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • Tunnel
    Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: Structure: Northeast-Striking Transverse Faults More Abundant Alteration: Local Silicification Deposit: Replacement orebodies in frac…
  • Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
  • MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_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

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Anglesite
  • commodity:Copper
  • commodity:Gold
  • commodity:Lead
  • commodity:Silver
  • Dolostone

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

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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 (23)
  • mapped adit symbols (39)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 60729

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (6)
  • underground workings

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