USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Mineral County
Foster Prospect
Mindat Confirmed Iron Mixed Underground / Surface
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Mineral
- Mining district
- Regent District
- Development status
- Occurrence
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Iron
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
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Adit
— documented in 1 source record.
Mindat -
Shaft
— documented in 1 source record.
Mindat
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 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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Adit
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: lite Dikes Deposit: An old shaft is reported to have cut iron ore near the bottom. Several shafts, adits and numerous surface scrapin… -
Shaft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: Structure: Dioritic Rock And Limst. Cut By Aplite Dikes Deposit: An old shaft is reported to have cut iron ore near the bottom. Sever…
- 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: Occurrence
Operators / organizations
- Foster, Steve And Lee · Source-reported owner
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Hematite
- Magnetite
- commodity:Iron
- Diorite
- Hematite
- Magnetite
- Marble
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 adit symbols (2)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 64131
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (5)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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