USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Nye County
Gold Crater Mine
Unconfirmed Silver Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Nye
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Silver
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Gold Crater . Claims, Gold Crater Consolidated Mining Co. Property
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Alteration: Silicification, Kaolinization Deposit: Ore shoots are small and not persistent Development: Gold prince co. A leased gold crater consolidated mining co. Property prior to 1923. Idle in 1923. A few tons were shipped prior to 1919 Ore(s): …
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 25 shaft symbols
- 9 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
- Gold Prance Mining And Leasing Co. · Historical operator
- Forman, J. H. · Source-reported owner
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Quartz
- Chrysocolla
- Andesite
- Chrysocolla
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Silver
- Quartz
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 (25)
- mapped adit symbols (9)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 432771
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (6)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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