USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Humboldt County
Canyon Creek Prospect
Unconfirmed Mercury Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Humboldt
- Mining district
- National District
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Mercury
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Canyon Creek, Shoshone
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Sec 13 T45N R38E Structure: Shear Zone Alteration: Strong; Argillic Silicic Deposit: Workings explore a highly altered diabase dike. Wallrocks are fine-grained, altered and silicified sedimentary rocks. Crystalline cinnabar and chalcedony coat pyrit…
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- Dr. Brooks, Ed Hicks · Historical operator
- J. P. Atkinson, H. Bretchel, C. V. Gutches · Source-reported owner
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Iron
- Cinnabar
- Pyrite
- Cinnabar
- commodity:Iron
- commodity:Mercury
- Dolerite
- Pyrite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 59696
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (5)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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