USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Esmeralda County
NBMG Sample Site 1268
Unconfirmed Uranium Mixed Underground / Surface 5 mapped shafts 3 mapped adits
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Esmeralda
- Mining district
- Gilbert (Desert) District
- Development status
- Occurrence
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Uranium
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Felmont Oil Co Claims, Sg Claims, Gold Money, Gold Money Nos 1-12, Waterhole Nos 1 and 2 Claims
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Geology: Chalcedonic quartz veins cut the volcanics, boxworks, crystals after calcite, drusy quartz coats vugs and fractures, calcedonic and opaline silica coat & cement breccia Rock formation(s): Palmetto
Additional documented workings
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Adit
— documented in 1 source record.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 5 shaft symbols
- 3 adit symbols
- Adit : Devils Gate , 1968
View individual source records (3)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Adit
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). 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.
Why it's listed
Source records document both underground and surface mining.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Occurrence
Operators / organizations
- Felmont Oil Corp. (Locators) 1 Houston Ctr Suite 1109, 1221 Mckinney, Houston · Source-reported owner
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Calcite
- Chalcedony
- commodity:Uranium
- commodity:Zeolites
- Opal
- Quartz
- Rhyolite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (5)
- mapped adit symbols (3)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 429091
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (7)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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