USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Douglas County
Winters Mine
Source Corroborated Silver Mixed Underground / Surface 1 mapped shaft 2 mapped adits
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Douglas
- Mining district
- Red Canyon
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Silver
- Verification
- Source Corroborated
Also known as
- Burke Mine, Sweeney
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Alteration: Oxidized To A Depth Of 150 Ft. Commodity: Lead carbonate carrying unspecified Ag and less Au Deposit: Ore shipped to thompson smelter ; info.src : 1 pub lit; 2 unpub rept discovery year: 1860s Deposit type: Polymetallic veins Ore(s): Qtz…
Additional documented workings
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Adit
— documented in 2 source records.
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
- 2 adit symbols
- Adit : Wellington , 1957
- Shaft : Wellington , 1957
- Adit : Wellington , 1957
View individual source records (5)
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. -
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: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Pyrite
- Argillite
- Chalcopyrite
- commodity:Antimony
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Iron
- commodity:Lead
View all 13 reported minerals
- Pyrite
- Argillite
- Chalcopyrite
- commodity:Antimony
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Iron
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Silver
- Galena
- Monzonite
- Pyrite
- Stibnite
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 (2)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 61089
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (12)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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