The Lower Spring City Canyon is a copper mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,299 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: 5,299 Feet (1,615 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 41.57389, -117.46889
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Lower Spring City Canyon MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lower Spring City Canyon
Secondary: Bullion Mine?
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Spring City District
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1875
Discovery Year: 1908
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral 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: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AG 0.12 TO 0.39 OZ/TON.
Analytical Data: AU, 0.005-0.01 OZ/TON
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): 1 1/2 MILES BELOW SPRING CITY SITE NEAR MOUTH OF CANYON
Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL OLD SHALLOW INCLINED SHAFTS AND SHORT ADITS ARE DRIVEN ON NARROW QUARTZ VEINS. THE SITE OF THE EARLY-DAY MINING CAMP OF BULLION. THE USGS IN 1908 REPORTED THAT "THE BULLION MINE IS OPENED BY A 400-FT. VERTICAL SHAFT AND AN 800-FT. TUNNEL. THE DUMPS ARE NOW ALL OVERGROWN AND WORKINGS CAVED. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): DECKER, D.J., 1974, MINERAL RESOURCE OWNERSHIP INVESTIGATION, NEVADA GARVEY RANCH, HUMBOLDT AND ELKO COUNTIES, NEVADA, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON FILE AT NBMG: HUMBOLDT COUNTY, ITEM 1
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.
