USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Douglas County
Veta Grande Mine
Source Corroborated Silver Mixed Underground / Surface 5 mapped adits
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Douglas
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Silver
- Verification
- Source Corroborated
Also known as
- Standard Resources Inc
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Deposit: Refer to record no. M035908 Structure: E-W Trending Faults; Nnw-Trending Faults Alteration: Silicification Deposit: Fissure replacement vein of quartz containing streaks of argentite and stephanite with minor gold. Claims include: ollie, …
Additional documented workings
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Adit
— documented in 2 source records.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 5 adit symbols
- Adit : Mt. Siegel , 1957
- Adit : Mt. Siegel , 1957
View individual source records (4)
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. -
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
Source Corroborated
Additional historical source evidence corroborates this record. This is not a member field verification of current conditions.
Why it's listed
Source records document both underground and surface mining.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- High Technology Recovery Systems, Inc · Historical operator · 1982
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Acanthite
- Andesite
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Silica
- commodity:Silver
- Native Gold
- Quartz
- Stephanite
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 adit symbols (5)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 61078
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (8)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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Documented adit evidence