USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Lander County
Jo Lane Ledge Mine
Unconfirmed Silver Mixed Underground / Surface
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Lander
- Mining district
- Reese River District
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Silver
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Ruby Incline, Jo Lane Mine, Joe Lane Mine
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Structure: Fractures, Postmineral Alteration: Oxidation Deposit: The vein varies considerably in attitude. The dip changes from more than 50 NE in the upper part of the incline to 34 NE and the strike swings from n2 W to N 10 W at the bottom of the…
Additional documented workings
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Incline
— documented in 1 source record.
Mindat
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 28 shaft symbols
- 9 adit symbols
View individual source records (3)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Incline
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: vein varies considerably in attitude. The dip changes from more than 50 NE in the upper part of the incline to 34 NE and the strike s…
- USGS MRDS working type: Surface/Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Surface/Underground · work_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
- Calcite
- Quartz
- Rhodochrosite
- Argentite
- Cerargyrite
- Chalcopyrite
- Galena
- Polybasite
View all 29 reported minerals
- Calcite
- Quartz
- Rhodochrosite
- Argentite
- Cerargyrite
- Chalcopyrite
- Galena
- Polybasite
- Proustite
- Pyrargyrite
- Silver
- Stephanite
- Stibnite
- Acanthite
- Calcite
- Chalcopyrite
- Chlorargyrite
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Silver
- Galena
- Native Silver
- Polybasite
- Proustite
- Pyrargyrite
- Quartz
- Quartz-monzonite
- Rhodochrosite
- Stephanite
- Stibnite
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 (28)
- mapped adit symbols (9)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 60362
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (16)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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