USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Elko County
Elko Prince
Mindat Confirmed Gold Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Elko
- Mining district
- Gold Circle
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Gold
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Structure: North Trending Fault Deposit: Fissure vein along crushed sheeted zone in rhyolite, oxidized to a depth of 150ft. Vein carries native gold, argentite, & horn silver. Developement consists of a 60 ft shaft a 240 ft. Drift, and a 700 ft. Cross…
Additional documented workings
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Drift
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 700 ft, 60 ft shaft, 240 ft drift.
Mindat -
Shaft
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 60 ft shaft, 150 ft, 240 ft drift.
Mindat
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 1 shaft symbol
- 18 adit symbols
View individual source records (4)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Drift
· length 700 ft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: ein carries native gold, argentite, & horn silver. Developement consists of a 60 ft shaft a 240 ft. Drift, and a 700 ft. Cross... -
Shaft
· depth 60 ft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: epth of 150ft. Vein carries native gold, argentite, & horn silver. Developement consists of a 60 ft shaft a 240 ft. Drift, and a 700…
- 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
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Argentite
- Gold
- Acanthite
- Andesite
- Chlorargyrite
- commodity:Gold
View all 15 reported minerals
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Argentite
- Gold
- Acanthite
- Andesite
- Chlorargyrite
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Silver
- Limonite
- Native Gold
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Rhyolite
- Stromeyerite
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 (18)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 41406
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (11)
- underground workings
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