USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Humboldt County
Dernan Property
Unconfirmed Tungsten Mixed Underground / Surface
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Humboldt
- Mining district
- Potosi District; Getchell District
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Tungsten
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Reilly Mine, NBMG Sample Site 2613
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Structure: Getchell Fault Cuts S. End Of Ore Body Fault Along Front Of Range Commodity: 1943-1944, 80,000 tons ore avg. 0.63% wo3=50,400 units wo3; 1945, 8500 tons ore avg. 0.70% wo3=5950 units wo3; 1952-1955, 264,600 tons ore avg. 0.57% wo3 = 150,822…
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 2 shaft symbols
View individual source records (2)
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.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
- Tungsten · primary
- Iron
- Manganese
- Copper
- Molybdenum
- Gold
- Zinc
- Lead
- Barium-Barite
- Beryllium
- Bismuth
- Cobalt
- Nickel
- Titanium
- Metal
Reported minerals
- Garnet
- Pyroxene
- Wollastonite
- Chalcopyrite
- Galena
- Molybdenite
- Pyrite
- Scheelite
View all 31 reported minerals
- Garnet
- Pyroxene
- Wollastonite
- Chalcopyrite
- Galena
- Molybdenite
- Pyrite
- Scheelite
- Sphalerite
- Chalcopyrite
- commodity:Beryllium
- commodity:Bismuth
- commodity:Cobalt
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Iron
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Manganese
- commodity:Molybdenum
- commodity:Nickel
- commodity:Tungsten
- commodity:Zinc
- Galena
- Garnet Group
- Limestone
- Molybdenite
- Pyrite
- Pyroxene Group
- Scheelite
- Sphalerite
- Wollastonite
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 (2)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 429718
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (22)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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Historical mapped workings available