USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Elko County
Fourth of July Mine
Mindat Confirmed Lead Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Elko
- Mining district
- Spruce Mountain
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Lead
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Deposit: Shear zone the fourth of july mine was developed in 1872 by the ingot mining co. By a 250 ft adit with the end in the ore (silver). The company had a smelting works on the western slope of spruce mt. Near sprucemont. In 1873 whitehill reported…
Additional documented workings
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Adit
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 250 ft.
Mindat
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 3 shaft symbols
- 13 adit symbols
View individual source records (3)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Adit
· length 250 ft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: posit: Shear zone the fourth of july mine was developed in 1872 by the ingot mining co. By a 250 ft adit with the end in the ore (sil…
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type
Verification
Mindat Confirmed
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why confirmed?
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- Ingot Mining Co. · Historical operator
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Lead
- Cerussite
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Silver
- Granite
- Limestone
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 (13)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 41625
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (5)
- underground workings
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