USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Churchill County
NBMG Sample Site 2882
Mindat Confirmed Gold Mixed Underground / Surface
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Churchill
- Development status
- Occurrence
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Gold
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Structure: Minor Shear Deposit: Sample was selected from a dump in front of a shallow exploration shaft in chloritized metasediments with minor epidote. The 30-ft shaft is on a minor shear which shows very little alteration or mineralization, but may …
Additional documented workings
-
Shaft
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 30 ft.
Mindat
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 9 shaft symbols
- 2 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
· depth 30 ft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: Structure: Minor Shear Deposit: Sample was selected from a dump in front of a shallow exploration shaft in chloritized metasediments…
- USGS MRDS working type: Surface/Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Surface/Underground · work_type
Verification
Mindat Confirmed
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why confirmed?
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why it's listed
Source records document both underground and surface mining.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Occurrence
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Epidote
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Silver
- commodity:Tungsten
- Diorite
- Epidote
- Metasedimentary rock
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 (9)
- mapped adit symbols (2)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 416635
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (6)
- underground workings
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