USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Elko County
Josephine Group
Mindat Confirmed Gold Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Elko
- Mining district
- Jarbidge District
- Development status
- Occurrence
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Gold
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Deposit: 2 veins, one of which mary be the "big vein" easterly of the two veins is opened by a 40-ft tunnel (in 1910) ; info.src : 1 pub lit Geology: Two veins occur on trend of the bluster vein (may be the big vein prospect) Rock formation(s): Jarbi…
Additional documented workings
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Tunnel
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 40 ft.
Mindat
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 2 adit symbols
View individual source records (3)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Tunnel
· length 40 ft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: eposit: 2 veins, one of which mary be the "big vein" easterly of the two veins is opened by a 40-ft tunnel (in 1910) ; info.src : 1 p…
- 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: Occurrence
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Quartz
- commodity:Gold
- Quartz
- Rhyolite
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 adit symbols (2)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 428118
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (3)
- underground workings
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