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Nevada · Lander County

Hawkeye Mine

Mindat Confirmed Lead Underground

Key facts

State
Nevada
County
Lander
Mining district
Battle Mountain District
Development status
Occurrence
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Lead
Verification
Mindat Confirmed

Also known as

  • Acacia-Hawkeye

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

Sec 29 T32N R44E. Copper Structure: N-And E-Trending Faults Alteration: Pyritc, Argillic Deposit: Workings consist of a 410-ft adit and e-w-trending drifts ; info.src : 1 pub lit Deposit type: Polymetallic veins Rock formation(s): Harmony Formation…

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Additional documented workings

  • Adit — documented in 1 source record, noting 410 ft.
    Mindat
  • Drift — documented in 1 source record.
    Mindat

Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 1 shaft symbol
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • Adit · length 410 ft
    Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: cture: N-And E-Trending Faults Alteration: Pyritc, Argillic Deposit: Workings consist of a 410-ft adit and e-w-trending drifts ; info…
  • Drift
    Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: g Faults Alteration: Pyritc, Argillic Deposit: Workings consist of a 410-ft adit and e-w-trending drifts ; info.src : 1 pub lit Depos…
  • 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.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Occurrence

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Pyrite
  • commodity:Copper
  • commodity:Gold
  • commodity:Lead
  • Pyrite
  • Quartzite

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

No community field reports yet.

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Sources & evidence

USGS Mineral Resources Data System

Type: Historical mine record

Supports:

  • mine identity
  • development status
  • commodities
  • underground eligibility evidence

USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Type: Historical mapped physical features

Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6

Supports:

  • mapped shaft symbols (1)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 60231

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (5)
  • underground workings

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