USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Lander County
Meagher
Mindat Confirmed Lead Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Lander
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Lead
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Sec 16 T31N R43E Silver lead Structure: Antler And Golconda Thrust Faults. Ne-Trending Faults; Some Nw-Faults Alteration: Oxidation Deposit: Fissure veins, shear zones meger tunnel was a crosscut about 150 ft. Long running west from the head of copp…
Additional documented workings
-
Crosscut
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 150 ft long.
Mindat -
Tunnel
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 150 ft long.
Mindat
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 3 shaft symbols
- 10 adit symbols
View individual source records (4)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
-
Crosscut
· length 150 ft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: ults; Some Nw-Faults Alteration: Oxidation Deposit: Fissure veins, shear zones meger tunnel was a crosscut about 150 ft. Long running… -
Tunnel
· length 150 ft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: e-Trending Faults; Some Nw-Faults Alteration: Oxidation Deposit: Fissure veins, shear zones meger tunnel was a crosscut about 150 ft.…
- 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.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Chert
- commodity:Antimony
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Iron
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Silver
- commodity:Zinc
View all 13 reported minerals
- Chert
- commodity:Antimony
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Iron
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Silver
- commodity:Zinc
- Galena
- Pyrite
- Quartz-monzonite
- Quartzite
- Sphalerite
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 (3)
- mapped adit symbols (10)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 60263
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (13)
- underground workings
Related underground mines
Alhs
Nevada · Lander County
Unconfirmed Lead Past Producer
Historical mapped workings available