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Nevada · Washoe County

Wild Horse Mine

Source Corroborated Gold Mixed Underground / Surface 7 mapped adits

Key facts

State
Nevada
County
Washoe
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Mixed underground / surface
Primary commodity
Gold
Verification
Source Corroborated

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

  • Adit — documented in 6 source records.
    USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 7 adit symbols
  • Adit : Pah-Rum Peak , 1990
  • Adit : Pah-Rum Peak , 1990
  • Adit : Pah-Rum Peak , 1990
  • Adit : Fox Range , 1965
  • Adit : Pah-Rum Peak , 1990
  • Adit : Fox Range , 1965
View individual source records (8)

Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • Adit
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Adit
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Adit
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Adit
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Adit
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • 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): Surface-Underground
  • MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Surface-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

Source records document both underground and surface mining.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Commodities & minerals

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 adit symbols (7)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

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