USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Lander County
Raven Adit
Mindat Confirmed Copper Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Lander
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Copper
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Sec 29 T32N R44E. Copper Structure: Dewitt Thrust Fault Alteration: Argillic Deposit: 400 feet from portal, small pockets and veintlets of turquoise occur. 735-ft-long adit driven to explore the quartz monzonite porphyry west of chase mine, but only…
Additional documented workings
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Adit
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 735 ft, 400 ft.
Mindat -
Portal
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 400 ft.
Mindat
View individual source records (4)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Adit
· length 735 ft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: rgillic Deposit: 400 feet from portal, small pockets and veintlets of turquoise occur. 735-ft-long adit driven to explore the quartz… -
Portal
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: 29 T32N R44E. Copper Structure: Dewitt Thrust Fault Alteration: Argillic Deposit: 400 feet from portal, small pockets and veintlets 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
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Gemstones
- Quartz-monzonite
- Sandstone
- Turquoise
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 60302
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (5)
- underground workings
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Historical mapped workings available