USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Mineral County
Ideal Mine
Mindat Confirmed Copper Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Mineral
- Mining district
- Santa Fe
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Copper
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
copper sulfides Structure: Normal Fault Cuts Main Shaft At 100 Ft. Level Commodity: Copper carbonates and sulfides Deposit: Radioactivity assoc. With mineralized vein Geology: Ore assoc. With lime silicates, garnet and epidote, - gossan Ore(s): …
Additional documented workings
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Level
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 100 ft level.
Mindat -
Shaft
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 100 ft level.
Mindat
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 2 shaft symbols
- 1 adit symbol
View individual source records (4)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Level
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: copper sulfides Structure: Normal Fault Cuts Main Shaft At 100 Ft. Level Commodity: Copper carbonates and sulfides Deposit: Radioacti… -
Shaft
· depth 100 ft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: copper sulfides Structure: Normal Fault Cuts Main Shaft At 100 Ft. Level Commodity: Copper carbonates and sulfides Deposit: Radioacti…
- 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
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Chalcopyrite
- Chalcopyrite
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Uranium
- Epidote
- Garnet Group
- 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 (2)
- mapped adit symbols (1)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 39784
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (7)
- underground workings
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