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Nevada · Esmeralda County

Callison Property

Unconfirmed Silver Mixed Underground / Surface

Key facts

State
Nevada
County
Esmeralda
Development status
Occurrence
Mine type
Mixed underground / surface
Primary commodity
Silver
Verification
Unconfirmed

Also known as

  • Banner Mine, Banner Claims

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

Structure: Faulting May Offset Vein Deposit: Fairly persistent vein 1-1.5 ft wide, extending the length of 4 claims

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Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

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

  • USGS MRDS working type: Surface/Underground
  • MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Surface/Underground · work_type

Verification

Unconfirmed

Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.

Why it's listed

Source records document both underground and surface mining.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Occurrence

Operators / organizations

  • L. M. Callison Of Oakland, Ca · Source-reported owner

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Quartz
  • Galena
  • Gold
  • commodity:Gold
  • commodity:Lead
  • commodity:Silver
  • Diorite
  • Galena
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  • Quartz
  • Galena
  • Gold
  • commodity:Gold
  • commodity:Lead
  • commodity:Silver
  • Diorite
  • Galena
  • Native Gold
  • Quartz

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 (24)
  • mapped adit symbols (20)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 428636

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (7)

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

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Documented adit evidence