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Nevada · White Pine County

Lincoln Canyon Tunnel

Mindat Confirmed Silver Underground 1 mapped shaft

Key facts

State
Nevada
County
White Pine
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Silver
Verification
Mindat Confirmed

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

  • Shaft — documented in 1 source record.
    USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
  • Tunnel — documented in 1 source record.
    Mindat

Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 1 shaft symbol
  • Shaft : Wheeler Peak , 1948
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • Shaft
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Tunnel
    Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: Lincoln Canyon Tunnel, Lincoln Mining District, White Pine County, Nevada, USA
  • Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
  • MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_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.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Operators / organizations

  • Mt. Wheeler Mines, Inc. · Historical operator · 1975

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • commodity:Silver

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 shaft symbols (1)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 438774

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (1)
  • underground workings

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