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Nevada · White Pine County

Success Mine

Source Corroborated Silver Underground 2 mapped shafts

Key facts

State
Nevada
County
White Pine
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Silver
Verification
Source Corroborated

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

  • Shaft — documented in 2 source records.
    USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 2 shaft symbols
  • Shaft : Schell Peaks , 1959
  • Shaft : Cleve Creek Baldy , 1981
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • 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.
  • Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
  • MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_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

USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Anglesite
  • Baryte
  • Calcite
  • Cerussite
  • Chrysocolla
  • commodity:Gold
  • commodity:Lead
  • commodity:Silver
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  • Anglesite
  • Baryte
  • Calcite
  • Cerussite
  • Chrysocolla
  • commodity:Gold
  • commodity:Lead
  • commodity:Silver
  • Dundasite
  • Galena
  • Goethite
  • Limestone
  • Limonite
  • Malachite
  • Native Gold
  • Native Silver
  • Quartz
  • Silver-bearing Galena
  • Tenorite
  • Wulfenite

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 (2)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 63945

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (20)

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

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