USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Humboldt County
NBMG Sample Site 2611
Unconfirmed Tungsten Mixed Underground / Surface
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Humboldt
- Mining district
- Potosi District; Getchell District
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Tungsten
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Structure: Reg.Struct: Getchell Fault System Fault Along Range-Front; Ne-Trending Offset Fault Alteration: Silicification, Bleaching Deposit: Largest of the 3 tactite ore zones is the eastern one, a continuation of the riley tactite. The middle and w…
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 1 shaft symbol
- 2 adit symbols
View individual source records (2)
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.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- Getchell Mine. Inc. · Historical operator
- Frm Corp · Source-reported owner
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Garnet
- Pyroxene
- Wollastonite
- Chalcopyrite
- Galena
- Pyrite
- Pyrrhotite
- Scheelite
View all 24 reported minerals
- Garnet
- Pyroxene
- Wollastonite
- Chalcopyrite
- Galena
- Pyrite
- Pyrrhotite
- Scheelite
- Sphalerite
- Chalcopyrite
- commodity:Molybdenum
- commodity:Silver
- commodity:Tungsten
- Diorite
- Galena
- Garnet Group
- Limestone
- Pyrite
- Pyroxene Group
- Pyrrhotite
- Scheelite
- Sphalerite
- Tactite
- Wollastonite
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 (1)
- mapped adit symbols (2)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 429987
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (15)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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