USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Churchill County
Water Shaft Mine
Mindat Confirmed Silver Underground 4 mapped shafts 3 mapped adits
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Churchill
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Silver
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Structure: Nw-Trending Fault Cuts Vein Alteration: Strong Hydrothermal Alteration Of Host Rocks Deposit type: Epithermal vein, Comstock Development: The discoverers sank a 107-ft shaft and crosscut the vein. They acquired a group of 24 claims which t…
Additional documented workings
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Shaft
— documented in 4 source records,
noting 107 ft.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features · Mindat -
Adit
— documented in 1 source record.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features -
Crosscut
— documented in 1 source record.
Mindat
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 4 shaft symbols
- 3 adit symbols
- Shaft : Terrill Mountains , 1987
- Adit : Allen Springs , 1951
- Shaft : Terrill Mountains , 1987
- Shaft : Terrill Mountains , 1987
View individual source records (8)
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. -
Crosscut
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: Rocks Deposit type: Epithermal vein, Comstock Development: The discoverers sank a 107-ft shaft and crosscut the vein. They acquired a… -
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. -
Shaft
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field. -
Shaft
· depth 107 ft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: n Of Host Rocks Deposit type: Epithermal vein, Comstock Development: The discoverers sank a 107-ft shaft and crosscut the vein. They…
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type
Verification
Mindat Confirmed
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why confirmed?
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Calcite
- Iron
- Cerargyrite
- Gold
- Andesite
- Calcite
- Chlorargyrite
- commodity:Gold
View all 11 reported minerals
- Calcite
- Iron
- Cerargyrite
- Gold
- Andesite
- Calcite
- Chlorargyrite
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Silver
- Native Gold
- Rhyolite
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 (4)
- mapped adit symbols (3)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 416900
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (7)
- underground workings
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