USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Lander County
Phoenix
Mindat Confirmed Silver Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Lander
- Mining district
- Bullion
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Silver
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Sec 8 T28N R47E. Silver lead. Structure: Stock Intrudes The Roberts Mtn Thrust Plates Rhyolite Porphyry Dikes Trend Predominantly West Alteration: The Granitic Rock Has Been Strongly Sericitized Deposit: Workings consist of a two compartment shaft 2…
Additional documented workings
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Shaft
— documented in 1 source record.
Mindat
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 41 shaft symbols
- 28 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
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: on: The Granitic Rock Has Been Strongly Sericitized Deposit: Workings consist of a two compartment shaft 2...
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type
Verification
Mindat Confirmed
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why confirmed?
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
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
- Calcite
- Chlorite
- Quartz
- Chalcopyrite
- Galena
- Sphalerite
- Calcite
- Chalcopyrite
View all 20 reported minerals
- Calcite
- Chlorite
- Quartz
- Chalcopyrite
- Galena
- Sphalerite
- Calcite
- Chalcopyrite
- Chlorite Group
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Silver
- commodity:Zinc
- Diorite
- Galena
- 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 (41)
- mapped adit symbols (28)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 60062
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (14)
- underground workings
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