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Nevada · Nye County

Montgomery-Shoshone Mine

Unconfirmed Silver Mixed Underground / Surface

Key facts

State
Nevada
County
Nye
Mining district
Bullfrog District
Development status
Producer
Mine type
Mixed underground / surface
Primary commodity
Silver
Verification
Unconfirmed

Also known as

  • Shoshone-Polaris MinePolaris Mine, Polaris Vein, St. Joe-Bullfrog Mine

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Source classification: Underground operation documented

Specific physical workings are not yet documented in discrete records.

Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

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

  • USGS MRDS working type: Surface/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.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Producer

Operators / organizations

  • Bond Gold Corp. · Historical operator

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Calcite
  • Kaolinite
  • Limonite
  • Pyrite
  • Cerargyrite
  • Gold

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 (20)
  • mapped adit symbols (27)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

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