USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Lincoln County
Redlite Claims
Unconfirmed Gold Mixed Underground / Surface
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Lincoln
- Mining district
- Eagle Valley (Gold Springs) District
- Development status
- Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Gold
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- NBMG Sample Site #1724
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Structure: Fracturing Alteration: Argillization, Silicification, Kaolinization Deposit: Quartz veins 1-3 in wide, vuggy, open-centered, banded, with quartz after calcite textures; limonitic boxworks, oxidized pyrite, Mn oxide staining. S70e fracture …
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 5 shaft symbols
- 6 adit symbols
View individual source records (2)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- USGS MRDS working type: Surface/Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Surface/Underground · work_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
Source records document both underground and surface mining.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Calcite
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Siderite
- Andesite
- Argillite
- Calcite
- commodity:Gold
View all 12 reported minerals
- Calcite
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Siderite
- Andesite
- Argillite
- Calcite
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Silver
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Siderite
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 (6)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 431057
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (8)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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