USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Lander County
Cortez Gold Operations
Unconfirmed Gold Mixed Underground / Surface 1 mapped shaft 8 mapped adits
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Lander
- Mining district
- Cortez District
- Development status
- Plant
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Gold
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
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Adit
— 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
- 8 adit symbols
- Adit : Cortez , 1986
View individual source records (3)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Adit
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
- USGS MRDS working type: 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.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Plant
Operators / organizations
- Cortez Gold Mines Joint Ventrue · Historical operator · 1996
- Kennecott Minerals Co. (Rtz-Cra) (With A 7.5% Npi) · Source-reported owner · 1996
- Placer Dome U. S. Inc. · Historical operator · 1996
Commodities & minerals
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 (1)
- mapped adit symbols (8)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
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