The Cold Spring Mine is a mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,999 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,999 Feet (2,743 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 41.85528, -115.41472
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Cold Spring Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cold Spring Mine
Secondary: Lucky Fry
Secondary: Alice May
Secondary: Cold Spring
Secondary: Cold Spring 1&2
Commodity
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Jarbidge District
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Cold Spring Mine Co.
Owner Name: Cold Spring Mining Co.(1920'S)
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1910
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Crater Range
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Development): 5 CLAIMS
Comment (Deposit): 3 VEINS
Comment (Deposit): THE DEPOSIT WAS DISCOVERED IN 1910 BY MESSRS. DAFREUS HULL. THE PROPERTY COMPRISES FIVE CLAIMS & IS ON THREE VEINS, ALL OF WHICH ARE SAID TO HAVE BEEN OPENED TOTHE NORTH AND TO THE SOUTH OF THE PROPERTY WITH GOOD RESULTS. THE MINE IS DEVELOPED BY ABOUT 700 FEET OF WORKINGS WIMILAR TO THOSE OF THE BUCKEYE MINE BUT NOT SO EXTENSIVE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C.(1923) JARBIDGE MINING DISTRICT, NV., USGS BULL.741
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.
