USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Pershing County
Freckles Mine
Mindat Confirmed Mercury Mixed Underground / Surface
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Pershing
- Mining district
- Table Mountain District
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Mercury
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Sec 27-28 T26N R36E Alteration: Siliicification Deposit: Best ore at 28 ft level discovered in 1940. Intermittent operations during 1941-61. Mine workings consist of a 50-ft vertical shaft connected with several hundred feet of short adits, small sto…
Additional documented workings
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Adit
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 28 ft level.
Mindat -
Level
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 28 ft level.
Mindat -
Shaft
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 28 ft level.
Mindat
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 4 shaft symbols
View individual source records (6)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Adit
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: 41-61. Mine workings consist of a 50-ft vertical shaft connected with several hundred feet of short adits, small sto... Historical co… -
Level
· length 28 ft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: Sec 27-28 T26N R36E Alteration: Siliicification Deposit: Best ore at 28 ft level discovered in 1940. Intermittent operations during 1… -
Shaft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: scovered in 1940. Intermittent operations during 1941-61. Mine workings consist of a 50-ft vertical shaft connected with several hund…
- USGS MRDS working type: Surface/Underground
- Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: ation Deposit: Best ore at 28 ft level discovered in 1940. Intermittent operations during 1941-61. Mine workings consist of a 50-ft vertical shaft connected with several hun…
- 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
- W. J. Baker; Geophysical · Source-reported owner
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Cinnabar
- Cinnabar
- commodity:Mercury
- 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 (4)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 58772
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (3)
- underground workings
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