USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Humboldt County
Kirby
Unconfirmed Tungsten Mixed Underground / Surface
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Humboldt
- Mining district
- Potosi District
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Tungsten
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Fayant and Blaine
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Sec 17 T38N R42E. Tactite Structure: Folding Deposit: Property was known As early As 1917; was acquired by getchell in 1942 and mined till summer, 1943. Mining resumed in 1952 and continued until 1953, by open-pit methods. Fayani and blaine held the …
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Surface, Underground · work_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: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Calcite
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Manganese
- commodity:Tungsten
- Diorite
- Epidote
- Garnet
- Garnet Group
View all 14 reported minerals
- Calcite
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Manganese
- commodity:Tungsten
- Diorite
- Epidote
- Garnet
- Garnet Group
- Limestone
- Pyroxene Group
- Quartz
- Scheelite
- Shale
- Tactite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 59654
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (11)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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