USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Esmeralda County
Grand Central Mine
Unconfirmed Gold Mixed Underground / Surface
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Esmeralda
- Mining district
- Fairview District
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Gold
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Ohio Mines Corp.
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Structure: Post-Ore Movement On Fault Alteration: Argillic Deposit: Discovery year: 1908 (relocated) 1890's-mined patent survey #3967 ; info.src : 1 pub lit; 3 field observ quartz veins follow bedding plane faults, carrying oxidized purite. Vein is h…
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 72 shaft symbols
- 23 adit symbols
View individual source records (2)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Surface-Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Surface-Underground · oper_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
Source records document both underground and surface mining.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Silver
- Diorite
- Limestone
- Native Gold
- Phyllite
- Pyrite
- Quartz
View all 9 reported minerals
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Silver
- Diorite
- Limestone
- Native Gold
- Phyllite
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Shale
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 (72)
- mapped adit symbols (23)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 428872
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (9)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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