USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Esmeralda County
Goldfield Main Deposit
Unconfirmed Gold Mixed Underground / Surface
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Esmeralda
- Mining district
- Goldfield District:
- Development status
- Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Gold
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- One of Metallic Ventures? three area properties
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Structure: Historically, ore is localized along the N-S-trending Columbia Mt. Fault, at intersections with left lateral E-W-trending offset faults (800-900 ft offset). Tertiary deposits are domed and faulted by steeply dipping post Miocene: N-S and E-W…
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 39 shaft 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): Surface-Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Producer): Surface-Underground · oper_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
Source records document both underground and surface mining.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Producer
Operators / organizations
- Metallic Ventures Inc. · Historical operator · 2004
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Alunite
- Barite
- Gypsum
- Kaolin
- Limonite
- Quartz
- Bismuthinite
- Gold
View all 40 reported minerals
- Alunite
- Barite
- Gypsum
- Kaolin
- Limonite
- Quartz
- Bismuthinite
- Gold
- Goldfieldite
- Pyrite
- Silver
- Alaskite
- Alunite
- Andesite
- Baryte
- Basalt
- Bismuthinite
- commodity:Antimony
- commodity:Bismuth
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Silver
- commodity:Tin
- Dacite
- Goldfieldite
- Granite
- Gypsum
- Kaolin
- Limestone
- Limonite
- Native Gold
- Native Silver
- Peralkaline alkali-feldspar-granite
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Quartzite
- Rhyodacite
- Rhyolite
- Shale
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 (39)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 428841
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (29)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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