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Nevada · Churchill County

South Group

Unconfirmed Iron Underground

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Key facts

State
Nevada
County
Churchill
Development status
Occurrence
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Iron
Verification
Unconfirmed

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

Deposit: In 1947, schrader reported considerable ore in sight from which the company estimates a large tonnage in reserve. ; info.src : 2 unpub rept; 1 pub lit Deposit type: Skarn Fe Ore(s): Contact Zone Of Intrusive Diorite Porphyry And Triassic Quar…

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Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 1 shaft symbol
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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

Verification

Unconfirmed

Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.

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Why it's listed

USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Occurrence

Operators / organizations

  • Buena Vista Iron Milling Co. · Source-reported owner

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Hematite
  • Magnetite
  • commodity:Iron
  • Diorite
  • Hematite
  • Magnetite
  • Quartzite

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 shaft symbols (1)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 416890

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (5)

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

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