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Nevada · Pershing County

NBMG Sample Site 2935

Mindat Confirmed Copper Mixed Underground / Surface 1 mapped shaft 1 mapped adit

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Key facts

State
Nevada
County
Pershing
Mining district
Farrell District
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Mixed underground / surface
Primary commodity
Copper
Verification
Mindat Confirmed

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

Deposit: Both workings were driven on a vertical N 45 W quartz vein in a dark grey granodiorite. The upper shaft was driven on an apparently barren portion of the vein system. Mineralization on the dump near the lower adit includes copper, tetrahedrit…

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Additional documented workings

  • Adit — documented in 2 source records.
    USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features · Mindat
  • Shaft — documented in 2 source records.
    USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features · Mindat

Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 1 shaft symbol
  • 1 adit symbol
  • Adit : Juniper Canyon , 1982
  • Shaft : Juniper Canyon , 1982
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • Adit
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Adit
    Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: riven on an apparently barren portion of the vein system. Mineralization on the dump near the lower adit includes copper, tetrahedrit…
  • Shaft
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Shaft
    Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: Both workings were driven on a vertical N 45 W quartz vein in a dark grey granodiorite. The upper shaft was driven on an apparently b…
  • Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Surface-Underground
  • MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Surface-Underground · oper_type

Verification

Mindat Confirmed

Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.

Why confirmed?

Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.

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Why it's listed

Source records document both underground and surface mining.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • commodity:Copper
  • commodity:Silver
  • Diorite
  • Quartz
  • Tetrahedrite Subgroup

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

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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 (1)
  • mapped adit symbols (1)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 438088

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (5)
  • underground workings

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