USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Nye County
Golden Crater Mine
Unconfirmed Manganese Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Nye
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Manganese
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Structure: A Shear Zone Striking N 25 E, Dipping 57 Nw. Rock formation(s): Gold Hill Formation Ore(s): Shear Zone (?)
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 138 shaft symbols
- 18 adit symbols
View individual source records (2)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_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: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- commodity:Gold
- Native Gold
- Schist
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 (138)
- mapped adit symbols (18)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 432855
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (3)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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