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Nevada · Douglas County

Lucky Bill Mine

Unconfirmed Gold Mixed Underground / Surface 2 mapped adits

Key facts

State
Nevada
County
Douglas
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Mixed underground / surface
Primary commodity
Gold
Verification
Unconfirmed

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

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

Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 2 adit symbols
  • Adit : Oreana Peak , 1986
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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.
  • Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Surface-Underground
  • MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Surface-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.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Chalcopyrite
  • commodity:Antimony
  • commodity:Gold
  • commodity:Lead
  • commodity:Silver
  • Galena
  • Pyrite
  • Quartz
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  • Chalcopyrite
  • commodity:Antimony
  • commodity:Gold
  • commodity:Lead
  • commodity:Silver
  • Galena
  • Pyrite
  • Quartz
  • Silver-bearing Galena
  • 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 adit symbols (2)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 61091

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (10)

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

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