USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Esmeralda County
Dipper Claims South
Unconfirmed Copper Mixed Underground / Surface
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Esmeralda
- Mining district
- Lone Mountain District
- Development status
- Occurrence
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Copper
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Deposit: Shear zone,approx 1 m thick with Fe oxide-cu oxide gossan along shear,crosscutting older tactite zone in metalimestone lens along bedding.could be au,ag present Ore(s): Shear Zone
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 3 shaft symbols
- 1 adit symbol
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: Occurrence
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Epidote
- Garnet
- Chalcocite
- Chrysocolla
- Melaconite
- Chalcocite
- Chrysocolla
- commodity:Copper
View all 16 reported minerals
- Epidote
- Garnet
- Chalcocite
- Chrysocolla
- Melaconite
- Chalcocite
- Chrysocolla
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Silver
- Epidote
- Garnet Group
- Limestone
- Skarn
- Tactite
- Tenorite
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 (3)
- mapped adit symbols (1)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 428741
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (11)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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Documented shaft/adit evidence