USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Lincoln County
Fortuna Mine
Unconfirmed Lead Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Lincoln
- Mining district
- Bristol-Jackrabbit District
- Development status
- Occurrence
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Lead
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
North of Jackrabbit mine Structure: Highland Thrust Plate Geology: Ore vein is marked by a well defined footwall that is polished and scored with grooves. Above the footwall the dolomite is a crushed breccia with lean mineralization. Ore on the dump …
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 1 shaft symbol
View individual source records (2)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Occurrence
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Calamine
- Copper
- Galena
- Hydrozincite
- Calamine
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Silver
View all 12 reported minerals
- Calamine
- Copper
- Galena
- Hydrozincite
- Calamine
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Silver
- commodity:Zinc
- Dolostone
- Galena
- Hydrozincite
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 (1)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 64173
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (8)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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