Nevada Underground Mines

3387 underground-eligible catalog records — organized by county, commodity, district, and verification status.

Records

3387

Independently confirmed

263

Source-corroborated

249

Awaiting independent verification

2875

Counties

Nevada source corroboration

USGS map-correlated

840

Mapped shafts

2334

Mapped adits

2563

NBMG active matched

Mapped counts are catalog mines with nearby historical topo shaft/adit candidates. NBMG district links: 137. Precise Nevada AML opening coordinates are not publicly available for import. Source-corroborated: 249.

Nevada underground mining in historical context

Nevada’s underground mining history spans the Comstock Lode silver boom of the mid-nineteenth century, twentieth-century district camps across the Basin and Range, and later bulk-mineable gold systems. Early Comstock development depended on deep shafts, extensive timbering, and underground haulage—features that appear repeatedly in historical and mineral-resource documentation for Storey and adjacent counties.

Outside the Comstock, Nevada districts such as Tonopah, Goldfield, Eureka, Pioche, and Battle Mountain record waves of underground development tied to silver, gold, and base-metal veins. Source records frequently describe underground or mixed surface/underground work types even when modern production has shifted to open-pit methods elsewhere in the state.

Catalog eligibility on UndergroundMines follows documented underground evidence in USGS MRDS and related authoritative fields. Verification status on each mine page is separate from historical development status and should be read that way.

References

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Major commodities

Gold · 1273 · hub · in Nevada
Silver · 717 · hub · in Nevada
Copper · 298 · hub · in Nevada
Lead · 286 · hub · in Nevada
Tungsten · 237 · hub · in Nevada
Mercury · 210 · hub · in Nevada
Zinc · 87 · hub · in Nevada
Antimony · 74 · hub
Manganese · 27 · hub
Fluorine-Fluorite · 27 · hub
Talc-Soapstone · 22 · hub
Gemstone · 18 · hub

Working types (source)

Other / unspecified · 2229
Underground · 715
Mixed Underground/Surface · 443

Source work types come from USGS MRDS. Specific shaft/adit labels appear only when documented.

Mining districts

Mine catalog

Antelope View Group

Nevada

Unconfirmed Gold

Historical mapped workings available

Nevada

Unconfirmed Zinc

Historical mapped workings available

B. & B Prospect

Nevada

Unconfirmed Mercury

Historical mapped workings available

Nevada

Unconfirmed Gold

Documented adit evidence

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