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Nevada · Clark County

Peyton Mine

Unconfirmed Gold Underground

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Key facts

State
Nevada
County
Clark
Mining district
Crescent
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Gold
Verification
Unconfirmed

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

Structure: Late Tert And Normal Faults. Geology: Ore in quartz vein up to 1 foot wide striking N and dipping 45 W underlying a dike of fine grained monzonite porphyry.

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  • USGS MRDS working type: Underground
  • MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type

Verification

Unconfirmed

Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.

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Why it's listed

USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Chalcopyrite
  • Galena
  • Chalcopyrite
  • commodity:Gold
  • commodity:Lead
  • Galena
  • Gneiss
  • Monzonite

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

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 427584

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (6)

A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.

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