USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
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
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Zinc
- Verification
- Source Corroborated
Also known as
- Homestake
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented 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
Additional documented workings
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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
View individual source records (4)
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. -
Shaft
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). 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
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.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Calamine
- Galena
- Hydrozincite
- Smithsonite
- Calamine
- Cerussite
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Gold
View all 19 reported minerals
- Calamine
- Galena
- Hydrozincite
- Smithsonite
- 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
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 (3)
- mapped adit symbols (6)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
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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