USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Lyon County
Kossuth Mine
Mindat Confirmed Gold Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Lyon
- Mining district
- Comstock Lode
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Gold
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Deposit: This property was mined under the auspices of the dayton mine. In the 1870's a 600 -ft shaft was sunk, with a heavy flow of water below the 200-ft level. The dayton company mined a small tonnage on the 200-ft level. ; info.src : 1 pub lit; 2 u…
Additional documented workings
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Level
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 200 ft, 1870 ft.
Mindat -
Shaft
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 600 ft, 1870 ft.
Mindat
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 22 shaft symbols
- 13 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 200 ft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: he dayton mine. In the 1870's a 600 -ft shaft was sunk, with a heavy flow of water below the 200-ft level. The dayton company mined a… -
Shaft
· depth 600 ft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: Deposit: This property was mined under the auspices of the dayton mine. In the 1870's a 600 -ft shaft was sunk, with a heavy flow of…
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_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
Operators / organizations
- Dayton Mines Co · Historical operator
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Quartz
- Argentite
- Gold
- Pyrite
- Acanthite
- Andesite
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Silver
View all 11 reported minerals
- Quartz
- Argentite
- Gold
- Pyrite
- Acanthite
- Andesite
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Silver
- Native Gold
- Pyrite
- Quartz
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 (22)
- mapped adit symbols (13)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 431316
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (7)
- underground workings
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