USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Lincoln County
Groom Mine
Source Corroborated Silver Underground 3 mapped shafts 4 mapped adits
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Lincoln
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Silver
- Verification
- Source Corroborated
Also known as
- White Lake No. 2, Conception No. 1, No. 2 Patented Claims, June, July, East Side No. 1 and No. 2, Senior, Panorama, Maria,, And Willow Claims.
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
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Adit
— documented in 1 source record.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features -
Shaft
— documented in 1 source record.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 3 shaft symbols
- 4 adit symbols
- Shaft : Groom Mine , 1989
- Adit : Groom Mine , 1989
View individual source records (4)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Adit
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field. -
Shaft
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type
Verification
Source Corroborated
Additional historical source evidence corroborates this record. This is not a member field verification of current conditions.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- International Mining Corp And Dan Sheahan · Historical operator
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Calcite
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Siderite
- Anglesite
- Barite
- Chalcopyrite
- Sphalerite
View all 9 reported minerals
- Calcite
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Siderite
- Anglesite
- Barite
- Chalcopyrite
- Sphalerite
- Tetrahedrite
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 (3)
- mapped adit symbols (4)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
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