USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Elko County
Deep Creek
Unconfirmed Gold Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Elko
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Gold
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Deposit: Fissure veins several tunnels have been driven into the diamond a. Formation that have heen caved. The claims were abandoned As of 1967 Development: Several tunnels have been driven into the diamond a formation; now caved & abandoned in 1967.
Additional documented workings
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Tunnel
— documented in 1 source record.
Mindat
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: Deposit: Fissure veins several tunnels have been driven into the diamond a. Formation that have heen caved. The claims were abandoned…
- 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.
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
- commodity:Gold
- Hornfels
- Limestone
- Native Gold
- Shale
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: 41166
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (5)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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