USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Lander County
Blue Nose Mine
Mindat Confirmed Antimony Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Lander
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Antimony
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Also known as
- Harmon, Borredo, Borrego, Sizemone
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Structure: Roberts Mtns. Thrust At Depth Alteration: Argillic, Sericitic, Of Dikes At Mine Deposit: Vein 12 to 60 in wide in shear zone developed by a 35 ft shaft inclined at 65; and a 155-ft adit with 50-ft prift. ; info.src : 1 pub lit Deposit typ…
Additional documented workings
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Adit
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 155 ft, 35 ft shaft.
Mindat -
Shaft
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 35 ft shaft.
Mindat
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 2 shaft symbols
- 13 adit symbols
View individual source records (4)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Adit
· length 155 ft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: eposit: Vein 12 to 60 in wide in shear zone developed by a 35 ft shaft inclined at 65; and a 155-ft adit with 50-ft prift. ; info.src… -
Shaft
· depth 35 ft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: lic, Sericitic, Of Dikes At Mine Deposit: Vein 12 to 60 in wide in shear zone developed by a 35 ft shaft inclined at 65; and a 155-ft…
- 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
- Arsenopyrite
- commodity:Antimony
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Silver
- Limestone
- Pyrite
- Quartzite
- Shale
View all 9 reported minerals
- Arsenopyrite
- commodity:Antimony
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Silver
- Limestone
- Pyrite
- Quartzite
- Shale
- Stibnite
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 (2)
- mapped adit symbols (13)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 65140
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (9)
- underground workings
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