USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Storey County
Donouan Property
Mindat Confirmed Gold Mixed Underground / Surface
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Storey
- Mining district
- Comstock Lode
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Gold
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Also known as
- St Louis, Echo, Lucerne, Succor, Tarta, Hartford
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Deposit: Silver city lode a group of claims consisting in part of the st louis, echo, lucerne, succor, tarta, and hartford claims lies along the silver city branch of the comstock lode. The silver hill mining co sank a 1300. Ft shaft with a connection …
Additional documented workings
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Shaft
— documented in 1 source record.
Mindat
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 30 shaft symbols
- 14 adit symbols
View individual source records (3)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Shaft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: s lies along the silver city branch of the comstock lode. The silver hill mining co sank a 1300. Ft shaft with a connection ...
- USGS MRDS working type: Surface/Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Surface/Underground · work_type
Verification
Mindat Confirmed
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why confirmed?
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why it's listed
Source records document both underground and surface mining.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- Silver Hill Mining Co. (Eary 1900'S?) · Historical operator
- Silver Hill Mining Co. (Early 1900'S) · Source-reported owner
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Argentite
- Acanthite
- Andesite
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Silver
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 (30)
- mapped adit symbols (14)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 438469
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (4)
- underground workings
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