USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Mineral County
Garfield Mine
Unconfirmed Silver Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Mineral
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Silver
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Blue Light, Eldorado Mining Co.
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Sec 21 T7N R33E Deposit: Samples were taken from major workings along the west and south side of mable mountain. Activity at the mable mine has resulted in rebuilding the road from garfield flat past the garfield mine. According to vanderburg, the und…
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 12 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
- W. J. Harris Of Reno, J. H. Miller Of Hawthorne - Eldorado Mining Co. · Historical operator
- Eldorado Mining Co. · Source-reported owner
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Azurite
- Brochantite
- Caledonite
- Chlorargyrite
- Chrysocolla
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Silver
View all 14 reported minerals
- Azurite
- Brochantite
- Caledonite
- Chlorargyrite
- Chrysocolla
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Silver
- Limestone
- Linarite
- Malachite
- Native Silver
- Quartz
- Tenorite
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 (12)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 39621
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (14)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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