USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Humboldt County
Baldwin Mine
Source Corroborated Mercury Mixed Underground / Surface 5 mapped shafts 3 mapped adits
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Humboldt
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Mercury
- Verification
- Source Corroborated
Also known as
- Baldwin, Blue Bucket, Blue Bottle Claims
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Sec 8 T40N R33E Production data are found in: Bailey, E. H., and Phoenix, D. A. (1944). Structure: Major Faults Strike N And Dip Steeply East; Flow-Banding ; Reg.Trends: Nne Ore Lies Between Two Faults: One Nw-Trending Vertical Fault And The Other …
Additional documented workings
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Shaft
— documented in 3 source records.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features -
Adit
— documented in 2 source records.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 5 shaft symbols
- 3 adit symbols
- Shaft : Bottle Creek , 1961
- Shaft : Bottle Creek Ranch , 1990
- Adit : Bottle Creek Ranch , 1990
- Shaft : Bottle Creek , 1961
- Adit : Bottle Creek Ranch , 1990
View individual source records (7)
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. -
Shaft
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). 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.
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Surface-Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Surface-Underground · oper_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
- Calcite
- Chalcedony
- Cinnabar
- commodity:Antimony
- commodity:Mercury
- Quartz
- Rhyolite
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 (5)
- mapped adit symbols (3)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 59629
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (7)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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