USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Humboldt County
Cowden Mine
Unconfirmed Gold Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Humboldt
- Mining district
- Warm Springs District
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Gold
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- NBMG Sample Site 2981
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Alteration: Yes Deposit: Mr. Jack davis who lives at the mine (1984) reported that the ore was in narrow seams opening into pockets or vugs containing gold. Many of the seams are fracture-filling or veinlets, but others are clearly fault controlled an…
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 10 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 King Mining Co., (Early 1900'S) · Historical operator
- Nelson, Lee · Source-reported owner
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Quartz
- Gold
- Andesite
- Basalt
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Gold
- Dacite
- Diorite
View all 12 reported minerals
- Quartz
- Gold
- Andesite
- Basalt
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Gold
- Dacite
- Diorite
- Native Gold
- Quartz
- Rhyolite
- Tuff
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 (10)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 59675
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (10)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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