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Nevada Underground Mines

3387 underground-eligible catalog records — organized by county, commodity, district, and verification status.

Records

3387

Independently confirmed

263

Source-corroborated

249

Awaiting independent verification

2875

Counties

20

Nevada source corroboration

USGS map-correlated

840

Mapped shafts

2334

Mapped adits

2563

NBMG active matched

1

Mapped counts are catalog mines with nearby historical topo shaft/adit candidates. NBMG district links: 137. Precise Nevada AML opening coordinates are not publicly available for import. Source-corroborated: 249.

Nevada underground mining in historical context

Nevada’s underground mining history spans the Comstock Lode silver boom of the mid-nineteenth century, twentieth-century district camps across the Basin and Range, and later bulk-mineable gold systems. Early Comstock development depended on deep shafts, extensive timbering, and underground haulage—features that appear repeatedly in historical and mineral-resource documentation for Storey and adjacent counties.

Outside the Comstock, Nevada districts such as Tonopah, Goldfield, Eureka, Pioche, and Battle Mountain record waves of underground development tied to silver, gold, and base-metal veins. Source records frequently describe underground or mixed surface/underground work types even when modern production has shifted to open-pit methods elsewhere in the state.

Catalog eligibility on UndergroundMines follows documented underground evidence in USGS MRDS and related authoritative fields. Verification status on each mine page is separate from historical development status and should be read that way.

References

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Major commodities

Working types (source)

  • Other / unspecified · 2229
  • Underground · 715
  • Mixed Underground/Surface · 443

Source work types come from USGS MRDS. Specific shaft/adit labels appear only when documented.

Mining districts

Mine catalog

16 To 1 Mine

Nevada

Unconfirmed Silver

Documented adit evidence

4-M Lease

Nevada

Unconfirmed Gold

Historical mapped workings available

Accident Mine

Nevada

Unconfirmed Lead

Historical mapped workings available

Adams Mine

Nevada

Unconfirmed Gold

Historical mapped workings available

Akron Claim

Nevada

Unconfirmed Zinc

Documented shaft evidence

Aladdin Group

Nevada

Unconfirmed Copper

Historical mapped workings available

Aldrich Mine

Nevada

Unconfirmed Silver

Documented adit evidence

Alice Mine

Nevada

Unconfirmed Copper

Historical mapped workings available

Alice Mine

Nevada

Unconfirmed Zinc

Historical mapped workings available

Allen Mine

Nevada

Unconfirmed Mercury

Documented shaft/adit evidence

Allen Mine

Nevada

Unconfirmed Mercury

Documented shaft/adit evidence

Allen No. 2

Nevada

Unconfirmed Copper

Historical mapped workings available

Alpine

Nevada

Unconfirmed Tungsten Mixed Underground/Surface

Alta Shaft

Nevada

Unconfirmed Silver

Historical mapped workings available

Ann Mason Deposit

Nevada

Unconfirmed Copper Mixed Underground/Surface

Historical mapped workings available

Antelope Mine

Nevada

Unconfirmed Copper

Historical mapped workings available

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