Cortez Silver Mine

Cortez Silver Mine is a past producer of silver, gold, lead, copper in Eureka County, Nevada, in USGS's large output class. USGS gives a discovery year of 1863. It is one of 238 historic gold producers USGS lists in Eureka County, and number 16 when they are sorted by output class.

Facts

USGS status
Past producer
Output class
large (USGS class)
Commodities
Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Antimony
Deposit type
Polymetallic replacement
Workings
Underground
Discovered
1863
County
Eureka County
State
Nevada
Land status (BLM data)
Private land or land not mapped as public
USGS record
10044681

Source: USGS Mineral Resources Data System (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, positions can be approximate, and "producer" does not mean a mine is operating today. "Output class" is a code whose meaning changed over the years, so compare sites inside this data and do not read it as tonnage.

Land status comes from the BLM Surface Management Agency dataset and can be out of date. Check ownership before you go near any mine site.

Gold sites nearby

39 other USGS gold sites within 12 miles. The Eureka County page lists the biggest.