The Spohr Mine is a mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,921 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 8,921 Feet (2,719 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 37.90194, -118.33000
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Spohr Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Spohr Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Buena Vista District; Oneota, Basalt, Mount Montgomery Districts
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Occurrence
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: White Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Thrust Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Hornblendite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Hornblendite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Hornblendite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): ABOUT 5.5 MILES S5W FROM TOWN OF MOUNT MONTGOMERY ON N SIDE OF QUEEN CANYON, ABOUT 2 MILES FROM ITS MOUTH.
Comment (Deposit): SIMILAR TO ALBERT MINE, POSSIBLY ON A PARALLEL N20-30E SHEAR ZONE.
Comment (Workings): ADIT
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1979, MILS DATA.
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION ON 13 AUGUST, 1982
Reference (Deposit): CROWDER, D.F., ROBINSON, P.F., HARRIS, D.L., 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BENTON QUADRANGLE: USGS MAP GQ-1013.
Reference (Deposit): ALBERS, J.P. AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, NBMG BULL 78.
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.
