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Nevada · Pershing County

Marigold Mine

Unconfirmed Gold Underground

Key facts

State
Nevada
County
Pershing
Mining district
Buena Vista District
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Gold
Verification
Unconfirmed

Also known as

  • Marigold Mines

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

Sec 28 T30N R34E. Gold mine. Alteration: Sericitized, Silicified, Pyritized Wallrock Deposit: The deposit consists of a system of fissure quartz veins less than 1 ft wide to 3 ft wide. The principal vein has a maximum width of 1 foot and strikes n20w…

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Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

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

  • Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
  • MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_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: Past Producer

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Acanthite
  • Azurite
  • Boulangerite
  • Bournonite
  • Cerussite
  • Chalcocite
  • commodity:Antimony
  • commodity:Copper
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  • Acanthite
  • Azurite
  • Boulangerite
  • Bournonite
  • Cerussite
  • Chalcocite
  • commodity:Antimony
  • commodity:Copper
  • commodity:Gold
  • commodity:Lead
  • commodity:Silver
  • commodity:Zinc
  • Covellite
  • Malachite
  • Muscovite
  • Native Gold
  • Pyrite
  • Quartz
  • Rhyolite
  • Sericite
  • Sphalerite

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 (10)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 58097

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (21)

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

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