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Nevada · Churchill County

Last Hope Prospect

Unconfirmed Antimony Underground

Key facts

State
Nevada
County
Churchill
Mining district
Bernice District
Development status
Occurrence
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Antimony
Verification
Unconfirmed

Also known as

  • Elvira of Noral

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

3.3 miles up Bernice Canyon Alteration: Strong Argillization Of Shale And Sandstone

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Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 3 shaft symbols
  • 1 adit symbol
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • USGS MRDS working type: Underground
  • MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type

Verification

Unconfirmed

Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.

Why it's listed

USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Occurrence

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Stibnite
  • commodity:Antimony
  • commodity:Silver
  • Quartz
  • Sandstone
  • Shale
  • Stibnite

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

No community field reports yet.

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Sources & evidence

USGS Mineral Resources Data System

Type: Historical mine record

Supports:

  • mine identity
  • development status
  • commodities
  • underground eligibility evidence

USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Type: Historical mapped physical features

Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6

Supports:

  • mapped shaft symbols (3)
  • mapped adit symbols (1)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 60928

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (6)

A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.

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