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Nevada · White Pine County

Robinson Mine

Unconfirmed Copper Mixed Underground / Surface

Key facts

State
Nevada
County
White Pine
Development status
Producer
Mine type
Mixed underground / surface
Primary commodity
Copper
Verification
Unconfirmed

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Source classification: Underground operation documented

Specific physical workings are not yet documented in discrete records.

Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 7 shaft symbols
  • 6 adit symbols
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Surface-Underground
  • MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Producer): Surface-Underground · oper_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.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Producer

Operators / organizations

  • BHP Ltd. · Historical operator · 2004
  • Magma Copper Company · Historical operator · 2004
  • Nevada Mines Divison of Kennecott Copper Coporation · Historical operator · 2004
  • Quadra Mining Limited · Historical operator · 2004

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Argentite
  • Chalcopyrite
  • Clay
  • Fluorite
  • Limonite
  • Magnetite
  • Pyrite
  • Quartz
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  • Argentite
  • Chalcopyrite
  • Clay
  • Fluorite
  • Limonite
  • Magnetite
  • Pyrite
  • Quartz
  • Sericite
  • Azurite
  • Bornite
  • Chalcocite
  • Chalcopyrite
  • Chrysocolla
  • Copper
  • Cuprite
  • Galena
  • Malachite
  • Molybdenite
  • Sphalerite

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

No community field reports yet.

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Sources & evidence

USGS Mineral Resources Data System

Type: Historical mine record

Supports:

  • mine identity
  • development status
  • commodities
  • underground eligibility evidence

USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Type: Historical mapped physical features

Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6

Supports:

  • mapped shaft symbols (7)
  • mapped adit symbols (6)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

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Documented shaft evidence