Cove Underground Project

Cove Underground Project is an underground gold mine in Lander County, Nevada, near Battle Mountain. MSHA lists its status as non-producing since Jul 22, 2025 and records 25 employees. It is one of 57 gold mines in Nevada that are not marked abandoned, and one of 3 in Lander County; by employees it ranks 37 of 54 in the state.

Facts

MSHA status
Non-producing since Jul 22, 2025
Type
Underground
County
Lander County
State
Nevada
Land status (BLM data)
Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management
Nearest town
Battle Mountain
Employees reported
25
Operator
Au-Reka Gold LLC
Coordinates
40.3269, -117.2233
MSHA mine ID
2602051

Source: MSHA Mines data set, retrieved 2026-10-13. Status and counts can lag real operations.

This location is mapped as federal land. Public land is not an invitation to enter a working mine or old workings. Ask the managing agency about access, claims and closures.

History and geology (USGS)

USGS site name
Three M
USGS status
Occurrence
Commodities
Gold, Silver, Copper
Workings
Underground
Discovered
1934

Matched by location to the USGS Mineral Resources Data System record 10044848 (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, so history may be out of date.

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