USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Pershing County
Nenzel-Crown Point Mines
Unconfirmed Silver Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Pershing
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Silver
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Nenzel Hill
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Structure: Normal Fault Deposit: Several veins in the area-i.e. Big chief, compressor, zero, and vein no 10. Located in 1911 by joseph nenzel. Work began on the claims in 1912. In january 1913, nenzel incorporated the nenzel crown point co. To take ov…
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 7 shaft symbols
- 18 adit symbols
View individual source records (2)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Acanthite
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Silver
- commodity:Zinc
- Covellite
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Rhyolite
View all 9 reported minerals
- Acanthite
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Silver
- commodity:Zinc
- Covellite
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Rhyolite
- Sphalerite
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 (7)
- mapped adit symbols (18)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 438100
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (9)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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