USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Esmeralda County
Sanger Mine
Source Corroborated Silver Mixed Underground / Surface 2 mapped shafts 3 mapped adits
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Esmeralda
- Development status
- Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Silver
- Verification
- Source Corroborated
Also known as
- Sanger and Taylor Group, Frances and Frances #1-#15 Claims, Francis Mine? Described By F.C. Lincoln
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Structure: Silver Peak Caldera Brecciation Alteration: Argillization, Silicification Deposit: Epithermal fissure veins, claims cover an area of 330.5 acres.. Haulage is being done from an incline that crosscuts two parallel NE-trending veins that are…
Additional documented workings
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Shaft
— documented in 2 source records.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features -
Adit
— documented in 1 source record.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features -
Crosscut
— documented in 1 source record.
Mindat -
Incline
— documented in 1 source record.
Mindat
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 2 shaft symbols
- 3 adit symbols
- Shaft : Piper Peak , 1963
- Shaft : Mohawk Mine , 1987
- Adit : Mohawk Mine , 1987
View individual source records (7)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Adit
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field. -
Crosscut
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: mal fissure veins, claims cover an area of 330.5 acres.. Haulage is being done from an incline that crosscuts two parallel NE-trendin… -
Incline
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: osit: Epithermal fissure veins, claims cover an area of 330.5 acres.. Haulage is being done from an incline that crosscuts two parall… -
Shaft
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field. -
Shaft
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
- USGS MRDS working type: Surface/Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Surface/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
Source records document both underground and surface mining.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Producer
Operators / organizations
- Inspiration · Historical operator
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Barite
- Calcite
- Quartz
- Argentite
- Chalcopyrite
- Copper
- Galena
- Acanthite
View all 21 reported minerals
- Barite
- Calcite
- Quartz
- Argentite
- Chalcopyrite
- Copper
- Galena
- Acanthite
- Andesite
- Baryte
- Calcite
- Chalcopyrite
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Manganese
- commodity:Silver
- commodity:Zinc
- Galena
- Native Copper
- Quartz
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 (2)
- mapped adit symbols (3)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 60836
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (14)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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