USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Lander County
Sioux Claims
Unconfirmed Silver Mixed Underground / Surface
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Lander
- Mining district
- Battle Mountain District
- Development status
- Occurrence
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Silver
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Structure: Valmy And Dewitt Thrust Faults Nw-Trending Faults; Butte Fault Deposit: Vein, shear zone containing irregular masses of sulfides three claims developed by 2 tunnels, 120 and 200 ft long, on the vein, and some open cuts and shafts. ; info.sr…
Additional documented workings
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Shaft
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 200 ft long.
Mindat -
Tunnel
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 200 ft long.
Mindat
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 11 adit symbols
View individual source records (4)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Shaft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: fides three claims developed by 2 tunnels, 120 and 200 ft long, on the vein, and some open cuts and shafts. ; info.sr... -
Tunnel
· length 200 ft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: ault Deposit: Vein, shear zone containing irregular masses of sulfides three claims developed by 2 tunnels, 120 and 200 ft long, on t…
- USGS MRDS working type: Surface/Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Surface/Underground · work_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.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Occurrence
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Galena
- Pyrite
- Tetrahedrite
- Chert
- commodity:Iron
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Silver
- commodity:Zinc
View all 13 reported minerals
- Galena
- Pyrite
- Tetrahedrite
- Chert
- commodity:Iron
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Silver
- commodity:Zinc
- Galena
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Shale
- Tetrahedrite Subgroup
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 (11)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 430607
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (10)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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