Brooks Spring Prospects

The Brooks Spring Prospects is a copper, tungsten, and molybdenum mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Brooks Spring Prospects  

State:  Nevada

County:  Humboldt

Elevation:

Commodity: Copper, Tungsten, Molybdenum

Lat, Long: 40.78667, -117.26667

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Satelite image of the Brooks Spring Prospects

Brooks Spring Prospects MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Brooks Spring Prospects


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Molybdenum


Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt


Land Status

Not available


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: Basin And Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: MORE THAN 50 PPM MO


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Geology): SAMPLES FROM SHEAR ZONE, BRECCIA


References

Reference (Deposit): ERICKSON, 1974; GEOCHEMICAL DISTRIBUTION OF MOLYBDENUM IN HUMBOLDT CO., MF. USGS MA


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.