USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Humboldt County
Indian Valley Mine
Mindat Confirmed Antimony Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Humboldt
- Mining district
- National District
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Antimony
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Sec 27 T46N R39E Alteration: Of Rhyolite,-Kaolinization Deposit: ; model name could also be: simple Sb. A 500-ft. Adit was driven on a stibnite vein up to 5 ft. Wide. ; info.src : 1 pub lit discovery year: early 1900's Deposit type: Hot-spring Au-Ag…
Additional documented workings
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Adit
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 5 ft, 1900 ft.
Mindat
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 2 shaft symbols
- 11 adit symbols
View individual source records (3)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Adit
· length 5 ft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: Alteration: Of Rhyolite,-Kaolinization Deposit: ; model name could also be: simple Sb. A 500-ft. Adit was driven on a stibnite vein u…
- 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
- Calcite
- Quartz
- Pyrite
- Stibnite
- Calcite
- commodity:Antimony
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Silver
View all 12 reported minerals
- Calcite
- Quartz
- Pyrite
- Stibnite
- Calcite
- commodity:Antimony
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Silver
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Rhyolite
- Stibnite
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 (11)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 59686
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (8)
- underground workings
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