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Nevada · Clark County

Bill Nye Mine

Source Corroborated Zinc Underground 3 mapped shafts 6 mapped adits

Key facts

State
Nevada
County
Clark
Mining district
Goodsprings District
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Zinc
Verification
Source Corroborated

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

Sec 31 T24S R58E Zn, Pb, Cu, Ag. Structure: Beds Are Upper Part Of A Thick Section Forming Limb Of Anticline Deposit type: Polymetallic replacement Geology: Pipelike ore body in dolomitized breccia zone. Ore(s): Shear Zone On South

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Additional documented workings

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

Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 3 shaft symbols
  • 6 adit symbols
  • Shaft : Shenandoah Peak , 1956
  • Adit : Shenandoah Peak , 1956
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • 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.
  • Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
  • MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): 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

USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Calamine
  • Cerussite
  • commodity:Copper
  • commodity:Gold
  • commodity:Lead
  • commodity:Silver
  • commodity:Vanadium
  • commodity:Zinc
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  • Calamine
  • Cerussite
  • commodity:Copper
  • commodity:Gold
  • commodity:Lead
  • commodity:Silver
  • commodity:Vanadium
  • commodity:Zinc
  • Dolostone
  • Galena
  • Hemimorphite
  • Hydrozincite
  • Mottramite
  • Smithsonite
  • Vanadinite

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

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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 (3)
  • mapped adit symbols (6)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 61538

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (15)

A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.

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