USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Elko County
Bullion Claim
Unconfirmed Copper Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Elko
- Mining district
- Railroad
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Copper
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
part of the Alladin group Structure: Faults, Fissures Alteration: Silicification Deposit: Vein-replacement; faults, fissures the bullion claim of the nevada bunker hill ining co. Was developed to a depth of about 200' with various workings, and at d…
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 3 shaft symbols
- 13 adit symbols
View individual source records (2)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- 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
- Nevada-Bunker Hill Mining Co. · Historical operator
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Calcite
- Quartz
- Calcite
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Silver
- Limestone
- Quartz
View all 9 reported minerals
- Calcite
- Quartz
- Calcite
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Silver
- Limestone
- Quartz
- Rhyolite
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 (13)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 41508
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (7)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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