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Nevada · Lincoln County

Easter Project

Unconfirmed Silver Mixed Underground / Surface 1 mapped shaft 4 mapped adits

Key facts

State
Nevada
County
Lincoln
Mining district
Delamar (Ferguson) District
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Mixed underground / surface
Primary commodity
Silver
Verification
Unconfirmed

Also known as

  • Taylor Mine, Easter Mine, Eastern Mine, Pioche-Xray Mining & Milling Co. property, NBMG Sample Site 579

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

  • Adit — documented in 4 source records.
    USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 1 shaft symbol
  • 4 adit symbols
  • Adit : Chokecherry Mtn. , 1970
  • Adit : Chokecherry Mtn. , 1970
  • Adit : Chokecherry Mtn. , 1970
  • Adit : Chokecherry Mtn. , 1970
View individual source records (6)

Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • Adit
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Adit
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Adit
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Adit
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Surface-Underground
  • MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Surface-Underground · oper_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.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Quartz
  • Adularia
  • Cinnabar
  • Gold
  • Iron

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

No community field reports yet.

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Sources & evidence

USGS Mineral Resources Data System

Type: Historical mine record

Supports:

  • mine identity
  • development status
  • commodities
  • underground eligibility evidence

USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Type: Historical mapped physical features

Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6

Supports:

  • mapped shaft symbols (1)
  • mapped adit symbols (4)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

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