Nevada · Esmeralda County

Lone Mountain Mine

Unconfirmed Gemstone Mixed Underground / Surface 4 mapped shafts 2 mapped adits

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Key facts

State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
Development status: Producer
Mine type: Mixed underground / surface
Primary commodity: Gemstone
Verification: Unconfirmed

Also known as

Blue Jay No. 1-4 Claims, Valley View, Blue Jay Mine, Blue Jay Mining Lode

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Adit — documented in 1 source record.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Shaft — documented in 1 source record.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

4 shaft symbols
2 adit symbols

Shaft : Paymaster Canyon , 1970
Adit : Paymaster Canyon , 1970

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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

Adit
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
Shaft
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.

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.

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Why it's listed

Source records document both underground and surface mining.

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History & operations

Historical record

Development status: Producer

Operators / organizations

Waddell, Gene · Source-reported owner
Wilson, "Doc" M. C. Winfield ; Gene Waddell · Source-reported owner
Winfield, M. C. · Source-reported owner

Commodities & minerals

Gemstone · primary

Reported minerals

Turquoise

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