The Gold Spring Group is a gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,499 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: 6,499 Feet (1,981 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.22167, -115.69028
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Gold Spring Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Spring Group
Secondary: Gold Camp
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Willow Creek 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Gold Springs Mining Co.
Years: 1921 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Post-Ore Fault Movement Has Crushed Quartz
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): RICHEST ORE INVARIABLY CONTAINS TALC
Comment (Location): 5 CLAIMS IN GOLD CANYON, IN CANYON BOTTOM, ON BOTH SIDES OF CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): GOLD SPRINGS MINING CO. WAS OPERATING A 5-STAMP MILL HERE IN 1921.
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN; CALCITE AND QUARTZ VEINLETS.
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW WORKING, SHORT TUNNEL
References
Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M., 1916, USGS BULL 648, P. 148-149.
Reference (Deposit): SIRDEVAN, W.H., 1913, UNPUBLISHED NOTES ON THE WILLOW CREEK DISTRICT: NBMG FILE 262, ITEM 1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.
