USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Humboldt County
Big Pay Mine
Mindat Confirmed Copper Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Humboldt
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Copper
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Sec 1T32N R43E Structure: N-Trending Faults Deposit: Workings consist of a vertical shaft and 155 feet of level workings 45 ft. Below the collar of the shaft. The shaft is filled with water below 80 feet. ; info.src : 1 pub lit Deposit type: Polymet…
Additional documented workings
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Level
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 45 ft, 155 ft, 80 ft.
Mindat -
Shaft
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 155 ft, 45 ft, 80 ft.
Mindat
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 1 shaft symbol
- 1 adit symbol
View individual source records (4)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Level
· length 45 ft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: N R43E Structure: N-Trending Faults Deposit: Workings consist of a vertical shaft and 155 feet of level workings 45 ft. Below the col… -
Shaft
· depth 155 ft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: Sec 1T32N R43E Structure: N-Trending Faults Deposit: Workings consist of a vertical shaft and 155 feet of level workings 45 ft. Below…
- 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.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Azurite
- Chalcocite
- Chrysocolla
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Silver
- Diorite
- Malachite
View all 11 reported minerals
- Azurite
- Chalcocite
- Chrysocolla
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Silver
- Diorite
- Malachite
- Pyrite
- Sandstone
- Tenorite
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 (1)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 59573
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (11)
- underground workings
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