USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Mineral County
Northern Light
Source Corroborated Copper Mixed Underground / Surface 5 mapped shafts 3 mapped adits
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Mineral
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Copper
- Verification
- Source Corroborated
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Ref.: Dana 7:II:546. Alteration: Calcite ,Gossan Deposit: 4ft. Vein= limy shale,gossan zone near the surface turns to calcite 6ft. Vein= crushed limestone and calcite with replacements sample taken from the dumps # 3793 and #3792 third sample take…
Additional documented workings
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Shaft
— documented in 3 source records.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features -
Adit
— documented in 1 source record.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 5 shaft symbols
- 3 adit symbols
- Shaft : Hussman Spring , 1988
- Shaft : Hussman Spring , 1988
- Shaft : Hussman Spring , 1988
- Adit : Hussman Spring , 1988
View individual source records (6)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Adit
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field. -
Shaft
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field. -
Shaft
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field. -
Shaft
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
- 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
Source Corroborated
Additional historical source evidence corroborates this record. This is not a member field verification of current conditions.
Why it's listed
Source records document both underground and surface mining.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Antlerite
- Aragonite
- Azurite
- Bornite
- Calcite
- Chalcanthite
- Chalcopyrite
- commodity:Copper
View all 13 reported minerals
- Antlerite
- Aragonite
- Azurite
- Bornite
- Calcite
- Chalcanthite
- Chalcopyrite
- commodity:Copper
- Cuprite
- Limestone
- Malachite
- Native Copper
- Pyrite
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 (5)
- mapped adit symbols (3)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 17084
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (13)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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