The Mud Springs Placer is a gold and silver mine located in Lander county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Mud Springs Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mud Springs Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Bullion
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1907
Discovery Year: 1907
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral Not In Place
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
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: BLANKET
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Electrum
Comments
Comment (Geology): THE PLACER GOLD IS FOUND ALONG THE BEDROCK IN GRAVELS 60-90 FEET THICK. THE DEEPER PARTS OF THE GRAVELS ARE CEMENTED IN PLACE. THE GOLD WAS PROBABLY DERIVED FROM VEINS NEAR THE LARGE MASS OF GRANODIORITE AT GRANITE MTN (JOHNSON).
Comment (Deposit): THE FIRST PLACER DISCOVERY IN THE DISTRICT, THE GRAVELS WERE FIRST WORKED IN 1907.
Comment (Development): THIS WAS THE FIRST PLACER DISCOVERY IN THE DISTRICT.
Comment (Deposit): ALLUVIAL GRAVELS ALONG BEDROCK, 60-90 FT. THICK
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M. G. (1973) PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, USGS BULL 1356
Reference (Production): JOHNSON, M. G., 1973
Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H. K. (1977) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO. NEV., N.B.M. 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.
