USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Pershing County
Yellow Scheelite Mine
Unconfirmed Tungsten Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Pershing
- Mining district
- Mill City District
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Tungsten
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Deposit: In 1945 crosscuts were extended from the stank mine to the yellow scheelite bed on the 300 and 400 levels. The yellow scheelite bed is part of the stank-humboldt belt along with the codd, stank, keyes, george, springer and humboldt workings. T…
Additional documented workings
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Crosscut
— documented in 1 source record.
Mindat -
Level
— documented in 1 source record.
Mindat
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 16 shaft symbols
- 9 adit symbols
View individual source records (4)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Crosscut
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: Deposit: In 1945 crosscuts were extended from the stank mine to the yellow scheelite bed on the 300 and 400 levels. The yellow scheel… -
Level
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: In 1945 crosscuts were extended from the stank mine to the yellow scheelite bed on the 300 and 400 levels. The yellow scheelite bed i…
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
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
- commodity:Tungsten
- Diorite
- Epidote
- Garnet Group
- Hornfels
- Limestone
- Quartz
- Scheelite
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 (16)
- mapped adit symbols (9)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 438337
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (8)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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