USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Humboldt County
Blue Can Mine
Unconfirmed Mercury Underground 8 mapped shafts 1 mapped adit
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Humboldt
- Mining district
- Bottle Creek District
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Mercury
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Bottle Creek Mercury Mine, Tin Can
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
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Shaft
— documented in 3 source records.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 8 shaft symbols
- 1 adit symbol
- Shaft : Bottle Creek Ranch , 1990
- Shaft : Bottle Creek Ranch , 1990
- Shaft : Bottle Creek , 1961
View individual source records (5)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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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.
- 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: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- J. E. Riley, H. Luce · Historical operator
- C. P. Hoskins, C. T. Smith, And T. C. Niebuhr · Source-reported owner
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Calcite
- Chalcedony
- Pyrite
- Cinnabar
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 (8)
- mapped adit symbols (1)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
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