USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Lincoln County
Greenwood Shaft
Mindat Confirmed Lead Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Lincoln
- Mining district
- Pioche District
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Lead
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Structure: Faults, Fractures Alteration: Silicification Deposit: This is where the big complex sulfide ore body was discovered, then connected to cm no. 1 shaft Development: Lessees developed a large tonnage of ore on 350 ft level in 1914, with ship…
Additional documented workings
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Level
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 350 ft level.
Mindat -
Shaft
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 350 ft level.
Mindat
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 34 shaft symbols
- 11 adit symbols
View individual source records (4)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Level
· length 350 ft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: , then connected to cm no. 1 shaft Development: Lessees developed a large tonnage of ore on 350 ft level in 1914, with ship... Histor… -
Shaft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: Deposit: This is where the big complex sulfide ore body was discovered, then connected to cm no. 1 shaft Development: Lessees develop…
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_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: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Silver
- commodity:Zinc
- Galena
- Proustite
- Pyrite
- Shale
View all 9 reported minerals
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Silver
- commodity:Zinc
- Galena
- Proustite
- Pyrite
- Shale
- Sphalerite
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 (34)
- mapped adit symbols (11)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 57708
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (9)
- underground workings
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