USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Lander County
Dewitt
Mindat Confirmed Gold Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Lander
- Mining district
- Mccoy
- Development status
- Occurrence
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Gold
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Structure: Diorite Intrudes The T2 Cane Spring Form. Alteration: Limestone Has Been Pyrometasomatized By Intrusive Deposit: Located to the southwest of mcccoy the property is opened by a 50 foot inclined shaft Development: Opened by a 50-ft. Incline…
Additional documented workings
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Incline
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 50 ft incline.
Mindat -
Shaft
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 50 ft incline.
Mindat
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 13 shaft symbols
- 2 adit symbols
View individual source records (4)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Incline
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: hwest of mcccoy the property is opened by a 50 foot inclined shaft Development: Opened by a 50-ft. Incline... -
Shaft
· depth 50 ft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: Intrusive Deposit: Located to the southwest of mcccoy the property is opened by a 50 foot inclined shaft Development: Opened by a 50-…
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_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.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Occurrence
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Calcite
- Gypsum
- Quartz
- Gold
- Pyrite
- Calcite
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Lead
View all 15 reported minerals
- Calcite
- Gypsum
- Quartz
- Gold
- Pyrite
- Calcite
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Silver
- Diorite
- Gypsum
- Limestone
- Native Gold
- Pyrite
- Quartz
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 (13)
- mapped adit symbols (2)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 430422
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (10)
- underground workings
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