USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Elko County
Mendota
Mindat Confirmed Copper Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Elko
- Mining district
- Railroad
- Development status
- Occurrence
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Copper
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Part of the Alladin Group Deposit: Vein, bearing copper, silver, near intrusive contact the mendota calim is developed by a 200' shaft sunk on a large iron gossan, but the ore body was not encountered at this depth. The claim is included in the nevada…
Additional documented workings
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Shaft
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 200 ft shaft.
Mindat
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 4 shaft symbols
- 15 adit symbols
View individual source records (3)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Shaft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: osit: Vein, bearing copper, silver, near intrusive contact the mendota calim is developed by a 200' shaft sunk on a large iron gossan…
- 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
Operators / organizations
- Nevada Bunker Hill Mining Co. · Historical operator
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Silver
- Limestone
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 (4)
- mapped adit symbols (15)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 41514
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (3)
- underground workings
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