USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Esmeralda County
Carrie Mine
Unconfirmed Lead Mixed Underground / Surface
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Esmeralda
- Mining district
- Gilbert District
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Lead
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Hidden Treasure, Myers and Bona Mine
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Sec 26 T4N R38E. Alteration: Sericitic; Silicification Commodity: Turquoise in volcanic rocks is soft with poor color; black slate contains better quality, hard, sky-blue to greenish turquoise. Deposit: Nodules, seams, and veinlets along the c…
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 13 shaft symbols
- 8 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
Operators / organizations
- Rocky Mountain Gem Co. Of Denver, Colorado. (1920'S-1930'S?) · Historical operator
- Chris Hansen Of Reno And Jack Hansen Of Tonopah. · Source-reported owner
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Epidote
- Quartz
- Sericite
- Chalcopyrite
- Covellite
- Galena
- Molybdenite
- Scheelite
View all 40 reported minerals
- Epidote
- Quartz
- Sericite
- Chalcopyrite
- Covellite
- Galena
- Molybdenite
- Scheelite
- Sphalerite
- Stibnite
- Tetrahedrite
- Turquoise
- Andesite
- Bindheimite
- Carminite
- Chalcopyrite
- commodity:Antimony
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Molybdenum
- commodity:Silver
- commodity:Tungsten
- commodity:Zinc
- Copper Stain
- Covellite
- Epidote
- Galena
- Limestone
- Limonite
- Molybdenite
- Muscovite
- Pharmacosiderite
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Quartz-monzonite
- Scheelite
- Sericite
- Shale
- Slate
- 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 (13)
- mapped adit symbols (8)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 60800
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (28)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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