USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Eureka County
Prospect Mountain Tunnel
Mindat Confirmed Silver Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Eureka
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Silver
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Structure: Ruby Hill Thrust Zone Outcrops At The Tunnel Deposit: Replacement oer localized by fractured zones in dolomite. 939 tons of ore was produced from 1882 to 1891. The property is situated on the northern side of prospect ridge, one of five min…
Additional documented workings
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Tunnel
— documented in 1 source record.
Mindat
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 39 shaft symbols
- 33 adit symbols
View individual source records (3)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Tunnel
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: Structure: Ruby Hill Thrust Zone Outcrops At The Tunnel Deposit: Replacement oer localized by fractured zones in dolomite. 939 tons o…
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_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
- Anglesite
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Silver
- Dolostone
- Pyrrhotite
- 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 (39)
- mapped adit symbols (33)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 60715
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (7)
- underground workings
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