The Spanish Vein Prospect is a lead and silver mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,201 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,201 Feet (1,890 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.56444, -117.12333
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Spanish Vein Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Spanish Vein Prospect
Secondary: Spanish and Celia
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Battle Mountain
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Thrust Faults
Type: L
Description: Nw-And Ne-Trending Fault Sets.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Location): S SIDE DUCK CREEK, 1/4 MILE SE OF GALENA
Comment (Production): SMALL AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION, PROBABLY FROM THE SPANISH CLAIM ($5000 WORTH)
Comment (Development): SMALL PRODUCTION
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, OXIDIZED NEAR SURFACE
Comment (Workings): SHORT ADIT, SHAFT
Comment (Geology): ORE MINERALS GALENA, SPHALERITE, PYRITE, AND ACCOMPANYING OXIDES FORM A SHALLOW ORE ZONE NEAR SURFACE VEIN IS 2 TO 10 INCHES WIDE AND CROSSES DUCK CREEK.
Comment (Deposit): THE VEIN IS EXPLORED BY A SHORT ADIT ON THE SPANISH CLAIM AND BY A SHAFT ON THE CELIA CLAIM ACROSS THE CREEK. A SMALL PRODUCTION OCCURRED, PROBABLY FROM THE SPANISH CLAIM. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE. CALIFORNIA AND NW NEVADA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 594
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD D.C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE; HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF PAPER 459-B
Reference (Production): ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965
Reference (Deposit): STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H. AND STAGER, H.K., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER CO., NEVADA 1977; NEV. BUR MINES BULL. 88
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
