USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Humboldt County
Silver Hill Mine
Mindat Confirmed Lead Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Humboldt
- Mining district
- Dutch Flat District
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Lead
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Sec 4 T37N R40E Deposit: Workings consist of a short adit, small stope, shallow vertical shaft with short exploratory crosscuts and wie ; info.src : 1 pub lit Deposit type: Polymetallic veins Rock formation(s): Harmony Formation Ore(s): Fractures, …
Additional documented workings
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Adit
— documented in 1 source record.
Mindat -
Crosscut
— documented in 1 source record.
Mindat -
Shaft
— documented in 1 source record.
Mindat -
Stope
— documented in 1 source record.
Mindat
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 1 shaft symbol
- 1 adit symbol
View individual source records (6)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Adit
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: Sec 4 T37N R40E Deposit: Workings consist of a short adit, small stope, shallow vertical shaft with short exploratory crosscuts and w… -
Crosscut
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: posit: Workings consist of a short adit, small stope, shallow vertical shaft with short exploratory crosscuts and wie ; info.src : 1… -
Shaft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: Sec 4 T37N R40E Deposit: Workings consist of a short adit, small stope, shallow vertical shaft with short exploratory crosscuts and w… -
Stope
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: Sec 4 T37N R40E Deposit: Workings consist of a short adit, small stope, shallow vertical shaft with short exploratory crosscuts and w…
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_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: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Anglesite
- Cerussite
- Chalcopyrite
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Silver
- commodity:Zinc
- Covellite
View all 14 reported minerals
- Anglesite
- Cerussite
- Chalcopyrite
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Silver
- commodity:Zinc
- Covellite
- Galena
- Hemimorphite
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Sandstone
- Sphalerite
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 (1)
- mapped adit symbols (1)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 59620
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (14)
- underground workings
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Documented shaft evidence