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Nevada · Lincoln County

Magnolia Mine

Mindat Confirmed Gold Underground

Key facts

State
Nevada
County
Lincoln
Mining district
Delamar (Ferguson) District
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Gold
Verification
Mindat Confirmed

Also known as

  • Magnolia

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

Structure: Abundant Normal Faults Fault In The Quartzite Deposit: Adit follows n10w, 60s W quartz vein and quartz-cemented quartzite breccia exposed at portal. Vein width is 1-1.5 ft. The quartzite wallrock is fractured and brecciated but has sharp co…

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Additional documented workings

  • Adit — documented in 1 source record.
    Mindat
  • Portal — documented in 1 source record.
    Mindat

Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 8 shaft symbols
  • 9 adit symbols
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • Adit
    Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: Structure: Abundant Normal Faults Fault In The Quartzite Deposit: Adit follows n10w, 60s W quartz vein and quartz-cemented quartzite…
  • Portal
    Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: ite Deposit: Adit follows n10w, 60s W quartz vein and quartz-cemented quartzite breccia exposed at portal. Vein width is 1-1.5 ft. Th…
  • Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
  • MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_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.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Baryte
  • Cerussite
  • Chalcopyrite
  • Chlorargyrite
  • commodity:Arsenic
  • commodity:Bismuth
  • commodity:Copper
  • commodity:Gold
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  • Baryte
  • Cerussite
  • Chalcopyrite
  • Chlorargyrite
  • commodity:Arsenic
  • commodity:Bismuth
  • commodity:Copper
  • commodity:Gold
  • commodity:Lead
  • commodity:Silver
  • commodity:Zinc
  • Limonite
  • Malachite
  • Mimetite
  • Native Gold
  • Psilomelane
  • Pyrolusite
  • Pyromorphite
  • Quartz
  • Quartzite
  • Rhyolite
  • Tetrahedrite Subgroup
  • Volcanic breccia
  • Wad

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

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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 (8)
  • mapped adit symbols (9)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 57749

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (24)
  • underground workings

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