USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Esmeralda County
16 To 1 Mine
Unconfirmed Silver Underground 5 mapped adits
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Esmeralda
- Mining district
- Silver Peak District (1865) (Red Mountain District, 1864)
- Development status
- Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Silver
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Hidalgo, Desert Eagle and Sixteen-To-One Claims, NBMG Sample Site 2602
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
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Adit
— documented in 1 source record.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 5 adit symbols
- Adit : Piper Peak , 1963
View individual source records (3)
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.
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Producer
Operators / organizations
- Suhine Mining Co., Project Mgr. Allen Young · Historical operator
- Sunshine Mining Co. And Mid-Continent Mining Corp. (Littleton Colo.)-Joint Venture · Source-reported owner
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Quartz
- Acanthite
- Chalcopyrite
- Galena
- Silver
- Sphalerite
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 adit symbols (5)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
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