USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Mineral County
Bluelight Mine
Source Corroborated Copper Underground 9 mapped adits
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Mineral
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Copper
- Verification
- Source Corroborated
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Deposit: According to ross, deposit associated with garfield mine geographically 1 mile east of garfield mine site Geology: Geol.desc: refer to record no. M035259
Additional documented workings
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Adit
— documented in 7 source records.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 9 adit symbols
- Adit : Mable Mountain , 1967
- Adit : Mable Mountain , 1967
- Adit : Mable Mountain , 1967
- Adit : Mable Mountain , 1967
- Adit : Mable Mountain , 1967
- Adit : Mable Mountain , 1967
- Adit : Mable Mountain , 1967
View individual source records (9)
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. -
Adit
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field. -
Adit
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field. -
Adit
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field. -
Adit
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field. -
Adit
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field. -
Adit
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). 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.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Silver
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 adit symbols (9)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 431558
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (3)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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