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Nevada · Lincoln County

Cave Valley Mine

Unconfirmed Silver Underground 5 mapped shafts 3 mapped adits

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Key facts

State
Nevada
County
Lincoln
Mining district
Patterson District
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Silver
Verification
Unconfirmed

Also known as

  • Cave Valley

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

Sec 16 T9N R64E. Silver, lead, copper Alteration: Oxidation , Silicification Deposit: 5 n-trending fissures present in mine area. A 1-5 ft vein and small bedded replacements in or near the lower limestone in the pioche shale contain pb,ag, and cu min…

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Additional documented workings

  • Shaft — documented in 4 source records.
    USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
  • Adit — documented in 2 source records.
    USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 5 shaft symbols
  • 3 adit symbols
  • Adit : Parker Station , 1969
  • Adit : Parker Station , 1969
  • Shaft : Parker Station , 1969
  • Shaft : Parker Station , 1969
  • Shaft : Parker Station , 1969
  • Shaft : Parker Station , 1969
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • 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.
  • Shaft
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Shaft
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Shaft
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Shaft
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). 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

Unconfirmed

Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.

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Why it's listed

USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Calcite
  • Cerussite
  • Chlorargyrite
  • commodity:Arsenic
  • commodity:Clay
  • commodity:Copper
  • commodity:Gold
  • commodity:Lead
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  • Calcite
  • Cerussite
  • Chlorargyrite
  • commodity:Arsenic
  • commodity:Clay
  • commodity:Copper
  • commodity:Gold
  • commodity:Lead
  • commodity:Silver
  • commodity:Vanadium
  • commodity:Zinc
  • Galena
  • Limestone
  • Limonite
  • Malachite
  • Mottramite
  • Pearceite
  • Pyrite
  • Quartz
  • Shale

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

No community field reports yet.

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Sources & evidence

USGS Mineral Resources Data System

Type: Historical mine record

Supports:

  • mine identity
  • development status
  • commodities
  • underground eligibility evidence

USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Type: Historical mapped physical features

Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6

Supports:

  • mapped shaft symbols (5)
  • mapped adit symbols (3)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 57887

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (20)

A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.

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