USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Lander County
Dead Horse Mine
Mindat Confirmed Gold Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Lander
- Mining district
- Battle Mountain District
- Development status
- Occurrence
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Gold
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Sec 21 T31N R43E. Gold Structure: Golconda Thrust Fault N-S Trending Faults, E-W Trending Faults Deposit: Bedding shears, crushed zones workings include a 50-ft. Incline, a 60-ft crosscut, a 22-ft winze. ; info.src : 1 pub lit Geology: Crushed zone …
Additional documented workings
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Crosscut
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 60 ft.
Mindat -
Incline
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 60 ft.
Mindat -
Winze
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 22 ft.
Mindat
View individual source records (5)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Crosscut
· length 60 ft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: Trending Faults Deposit: Bedding shears, crushed zones workings include a 50-ft. Incline, a 60-ft crosscut, a 22-ft winze. ; info.src… -
Incline
· length 60 ft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: nding Faults, E-W Trending Faults Deposit: Bedding shears, crushed zones workings include a 50-ft. Incline, a 60-ft crosscut, a 22-ft… -
Winze
· depth 22 ft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: Deposit: Bedding shears, crushed zones workings include a 50-ft. Incline, a 60-ft crosscut, a 22-ft winze. ; info.src : 1 pub lit Geo…
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_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: Occurrence
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Gold
- Silver
- Chert
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Silver
- Native Gold
- Native Silver
- Quartz-monzonite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 60173
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (6)
- underground workings
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