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Nevada · White Pine County

Rose Cave

Source Corroborated Phosphorus-Phosphates Underground 3 mapped adits

Key facts

State
Nevada
County
White Pine
Mining district
Osceola
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Phosphorus-Phosphates
Verification
Source Corroborated

Also known as

  • Bat Cave

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

Bat guanno

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Additional documented workings

  • Adit — documented in 3 source records.
    USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 3 adit symbols
  • Adit : South Bastian Spring , 1993
  • Adit : South Bastian Spring , 1986
  • Adit : South Bastian Spring , 1986
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • Adit
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Adit
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Adit
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • USGS MRDS working type: Underground
  • MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type

Verification

Source Corroborated

Additional historical source evidence corroborates this record. This is not a member field verification of current conditions.

Why it's listed

USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • commodity:Phosphorous/Phosphate

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 adit symbols (3)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 59311

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (1)

A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.

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