USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Pershing County
Silver Dike Prospect
Unconfirmed Silver Underground 4 mapped adits
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Pershing
- Mining district
- Antelope Springs District
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Silver
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Sec 13 T27N R35E Deposit: Quartz veins in rhyolite flow breccia consists of a number of shafts and adits ; info.src : 1 pub lit Deposit type: W skarn
Additional documented workings
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Adit
— documented in 4 source records.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features · Mindat -
Shaft
— documented in 1 source record.
Mindat
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 4 adit symbols
- Adit : Fisher Canyon , 1987
- Adit : Buffalo Mtn. , 1954
- Adit : Buffalo Mtn. , 1954
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. -
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
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: Sec 13 T27N R35E Deposit: Quartz veins in rhyolite flow breccia consists of a number of shafts and adits ; info.src : 1 pub lit Depos… -
Shaft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: Sec 13 T27N R35E Deposit: Quartz veins in rhyolite flow breccia consists of a number of shafts and adits ; info.src : 1 pub lit Depos…
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
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:Silver
- Rhyolite
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 adit symbols (4)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 58044
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (2)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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