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Nevada · Douglas County

Winters Mine

Source Corroborated Gold Underground 1 mapped shaft 2 mapped adits

Key facts

State
Nevada
County
Douglas
Mining district
Red Canyon
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Gold
Verification
Source Corroborated

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

Alteration: Oxidized To A Depth Of 150 Ft. Commodity: Lead carbonate carrying unspecified Ag and less Au Deposit: Ore shipped to thompson smelter ; info.src : 1 pub lit; 2 unpub rept discovery year: 1860s Deposit type: Polymetallic veins Ore(s): Qtz…

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Additional documented workings

  • Adit — documented in 2 source records.
    USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
  • Shaft — documented in 1 source record.
    USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 1 shaft symbol
  • 2 adit symbols
  • Shaft : Wellington , 1957
  • Adit : Wellington , 1957
  • Adit : Wellington , 1957
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • 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.
  • Shaft
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
  • MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): 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

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

  • Argillite
  • Chalcopyrite
  • commodity:Antimony
  • commodity:Copper
  • commodity:Gold
  • commodity:Iron
  • commodity:Lead
  • commodity:Silver
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  • Argillite
  • Chalcopyrite
  • commodity:Antimony
  • commodity:Copper
  • commodity:Gold
  • commodity:Iron
  • commodity:Lead
  • commodity:Silver
  • Galena
  • Monzonite
  • Pyrite
  • Stibnite

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

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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 shaft symbols (1)
  • mapped adit symbols (2)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 61089

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (12)

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

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