USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Lincoln County
Hillside Mine
Mindat Confirmed Silver Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Lincoln
- Mining district
- Bristol-Jackrabbit District
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Silver
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Also known as
- Hillside
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Structure: Vertical Fracture 300 Ft Sw Of Shaft, N15e, Cotting Vein At Depth; Slips Deposit: Ore consists of Ag-cu material, oxidized. On same e- W may day fissure As main bristol orebody, at intersections with n-s fissures and at intersection with at…
Additional documented workings
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Shaft
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 300 ft.
Mindat
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 7 shaft symbols
- 5 adit symbols
View individual source records (3)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Shaft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: Structure: Vertical Fracture 300 Ft Sw Of Shaft, N15e, Cotting Vein At Depth; Slips Deposit: Ore consists of Ag-cu material, oxidized…
- 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
- Chrysocolla
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Iron
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Manganese
- commodity:Silver
- commodity:Zinc
View all 14 reported minerals
- Chrysocolla
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Iron
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Manganese
- commodity:Silver
- commodity:Zinc
- Cuprite
- Galena
- Limestone
- Limonite
- Malachite
- Marble
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 (7)
- mapped adit symbols (5)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 57647
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (14)
- underground workings
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