USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Elko County
Moore Prospect
Mindat Confirmed Gold Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Elko
- Mining district
- Jarbidge District
- Development status
- Occurrence
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Gold
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Alteration: Hydrothermal Alteration Of Rhyolite Deposit: It consists principally of a fairly good lucking 2 1/2 foot-vein, which at the cabin strikes n.400e and dips 65 deg se. The vein also shows in a nearby 20-foot shaft and 50-foot tunnel, where it…
Additional documented workings
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Shaft
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 20 ft.
Mindat -
Tunnel
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 50 ft.
Mindat
View individual source records (4)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Shaft
· depth 20 ft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: vein, which at the cabin strikes n.400e and dips 65 deg se. The vein also shows in a nearby 20-foot shaft and 50-foot tunnel, where i… -
Tunnel
· length 50 ft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: cabin strikes n.400e and dips 65 deg se. The vein also shows in a nearby 20-foot shaft and 50-foot tunnel, where it...
- 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: Occurrence
Operators / organizations
- Mr. Moore · Source-reported owner
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- commodity:Gold
- Quartz
- Rhyolite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 41323
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (3)
- underground workings
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