USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Washoe County
Union Mine
Source Corroborated Lead Underground 2 mapped adits
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Washoe
- Mining district
- Comstock Lode
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Lead
- Verification
- Source Corroborated
Also known as
- Union Lead MineUnion, Commonwealth Mine
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
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Adit
— documented in 1 source record.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 2 adit symbols
- Adit : Washoe City , 1994
View individual source records (3)
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.
- 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.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- Union Lead Mining And Smelter Co. · Source-reported owner · 1946
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Arsenopyrite
- Calamine
- Cerussite
- Chalcanthite
- Chalcopyrite
- Galena
- Malachite
- Pyrite
View all 10 reported minerals
- Arsenopyrite
- Calamine
- Cerussite
- Chalcanthite
- Chalcopyrite
- Galena
- Malachite
- Pyrite
- Smithsonite
- Sphalerite
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 (2)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
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