Spanish Vein Prospect

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

Name: Spanish Vein Prospect  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lander

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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.