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Nevada · Mineral County

Mable Mine

Source Corroborated Silver Underground 2 mapped shafts 5 mapped adits

Key facts

State
Nevada
County
Mineral
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Silver
Verification
Source Corroborated

Also known as

  • NBMG # 3594

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

  • Adit — documented in 3 source records.
    USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
  • Shaft — documented in 2 source records.
    USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 2 shaft symbols
  • 5 adit symbols
  • Shaft : Mable Mountain , 1967
  • Adit : Mable Mountain , 1967
  • Shaft : Mable Mountain , 1967
  • Adit : Mable Mountain , 1967
  • Adit : Mable Mountain , 1967
View individual source records (7)

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

  • Adit
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Adit
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Adit
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Shaft
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Shaft
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • USGS MRDS working type: Underground
  • MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type

Verification

Source Corroborated

Additional historical source evidence corroborates this record. This is not a member field verification of current conditions.

Why it's listed

USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Operators / organizations

  • West End Consolidated Mining Co. · Source-reported owner

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Jarosite
  • Pyrite
  • Sphalerite
  • Anglesite
  • Cerargyrite
  • Chrysocolla
  • Malachite
  • Silver
View all 9 reported minerals
  • Jarosite
  • Pyrite
  • Sphalerite
  • Anglesite
  • Cerargyrite
  • Chrysocolla
  • Malachite
  • Silver
  • Galena

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 (2)
  • mapped adit symbols (5)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

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