USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Storey County
Washington Hill Mine
Source Corroborated Mercury Mixed Underground / Surface 1 mapped shaft 1 mapped adit
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Storey
- Development status
- Occurrence
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Mercury
- Verification
- Source Corroborated
Also known as
- Rout Mine, Washington Hill Prospect
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Structure: North-Trending Faults Alteration: Argillization, Silicification. Deposit: North trending faults. Mineralized fault zones with disseminations and veinlets this record is an updated one including duplicate information from m055255 which has …
Additional documented workings
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Adit
— documented in 1 source record.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features -
Shaft
— documented in 1 source record.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 1 shaft symbol
- 1 adit symbol
- Shaft : Steamboat , 1967
- Adit : Steamboat , 1967
View individual source records (4)
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. -
Shaft
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
- USGS MRDS working type: Surface/Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Surface/Underground · work_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
Source records document both underground and surface mining.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Occurrence
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Cinnabar
- Agglomerate
- Andesite
- Cinnabar
- commodity:Mercury
- Opal
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 (1)
- mapped adit symbols (1)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 43376
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (5)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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