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Type: Historical mine record
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- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Elko County
Indian Springs
Unconfirmed Tungsten Mixed Underground / Surface
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Elko
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Tungsten
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Gamble Ranch
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Source classification: Underground operation documented
Specific physical workings are not yet documented in discrete records.
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): 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
Operators / organizations
- Utah International, Inc. · Historical operator · 1981
- Azl Resources Inc., 5025 E. Washington Street, Phoenix · Source-reported owner · 1981
- Ludwig, Norman · Source-reported owner · 1981
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Actinolite
- Apatite
- Calcite
- Chalcedony
- Epidote
- Garnet
- Montmorillonite
- Muscovite
View all 30 reported minerals
- Actinolite
- Apatite
- Calcite
- Chalcedony
- Epidote
- Garnet
- Montmorillonite
- Muscovite
- Opal
- Orthoclase
- Perovskite
- Pyroxene
- Quartz
- Topaz
- Tremolite
- Fluorite
- Molybdenite
- Powellite
- Scheelite
- Tetrahedrite
- Argentite
- Bornite
- Chalcocite
- Chalcopyrite
- Covellite
- Galena
- Goethite
- Magnetite
- Pyrite
- Sphalerite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
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