USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Eureka County
Dead Broke Tunnel
Mindat Confirmed Silver Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Eureka
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Silver
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Structure: Deposit In Upper Plate Of Diamond Tunnel Thrust Deposit: Ore occurs As small pod-like masses along fissures in the dolomite worked from 1873 to 1897, 470 tons worth $17,567 was produced (nolan 1962). The property is situated along prospect …
Additional documented workings
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Tunnel
— documented in 1 source record.
Mindat
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 32 shaft symbols
- 48 adit symbols
View individual source records (3)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Tunnel
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: Structure: Deposit In Upper Plate Of Diamond Tunnel Thrust Deposit: Ore occurs As small pod-like masses along fissures in the dolomit…
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_type
Verification
Mindat Confirmed
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why confirmed?
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Anglesite
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Silver
- Dolostone
- 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 (32)
- mapped adit symbols (48)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 60732
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (6)
- underground workings
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