USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Mineral County
Silver Dyke
Unconfirmed Zinc Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Mineral
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Zinc
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Noble Mine, Goodale Mine, Atkins Mine, Wagner Mine, Silver Tunnel, Beane Mine
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Structure: Numerous Ne Trending Faults Truncate Vein System In Many Places. Cross Faulting Related To Ore Control Alteration: Hydrothermal, Hypogene Kaolinization, Albitization, Silicification Commodity: Scheelite flouresces pale yellow under .uv De…
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 4 shaft symbols
- 8 adit symbols
View individual source records (3)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type
- 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
Operators / organizations
- Minado And Sodamill Corp. · Historical operator · 1972
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Adularia
- Albite
- Amethyst
- Bornite
- Chalcocite
- Chalcopyrite
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Gold
View all 25 reported minerals
- Adularia
- Albite
- Amethyst
- Bornite
- Chalcocite
- Chalcopyrite
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Molybdenum
- commodity:Silver
- commodity:Tungsten
- Diorite
- Epidote
- Garnet Group
- Hessite
- K Feldspar
- Magnetite
- Molybdenite
- Native Gold
- Palygorskite
- Petzite
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Rhyolite
- Scheelite
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 (4)
- mapped adit symbols (8)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 39871
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (24)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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