USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Lander County
Cambrian and New York Mine
Unconfirmed Silver Mixed Underground / Surface
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Lander
- Mining district
- Reese River District
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Silver
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Watt Mine
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Structure: Fractures, Postmineral Faults Alteration: Oxidation Deposit: The vein follows a crushed zone that nearly parallels the quartzite (country rock) bedding. Irregular veinlets are distributed through the zone. This mine was reopened in 1900 an…
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 2 shaft symbols
- 6 adit symbols
View individual source records (2)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- USGS MRDS working type: Surface/Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Surface/Underground · work_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
Source records document both underground and surface mining.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Calcite
- Graphite
- Psilomelane
- Pyrite
- Pyrolusite
- Quartz
- Rhodochrosite
- Argentite
View all 40 reported minerals
- Calcite
- Graphite
- Psilomelane
- Pyrite
- Pyrolusite
- Quartz
- Rhodochrosite
- Argentite
- Cerargyrite
- Chalcopyrite
- Galena
- Polybasite
- Proustite
- Pyrargyrite
- Silver
- Sphalerite
- Stephanite
- Stibnite
- Tetrahedrite
- Acanthite
- Calcite
- Chalcopyrite
- Chlorargyrite
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Silver
- Galena
- Graphite
- Native Silver
- Polybasite
- Proustite
- Psilomelane
- Pyrargyrite
- Pyrite
- Pyrolusite
- Quartz
- Quartz-monzonite
- Rhodochrosite
- Sphalerite
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 (6)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 60374
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (21)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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