The Spring Creek Prospect is a antimony mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,299 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,299 Feet (1,615 Meters)
Commodity: Antimony
Lat, Long: 39.75028, -117.76000
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Spring Creek Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Spring Creek Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Bernice District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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
Not available
Orebody
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Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: DUMP SAMPLE ASSAYED 6.48% SB, 0.08 OZ/TON AU AND, 0.28 OZ/TON AG
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): ON NORTH SIDE OF BERNICE CANYON, 1500 FT. FROM BOTTOM AND 3.8 MILES FROM MOUTH OF CANYON. SECTION IS UNCERTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Production): SMALL PILE OF ANTIMONY ORE ON DUMP. DUMP GRAB SAMPLE ASSAYED 6.48% SB, 0.08 OZ/TON AU; AND 0.28 OZ/TON AG
Comment (Workings): CAVED ADIT AND OPEN CUT
References
Reference (Production): WILLDEN, R., AND R.C. SPEED, (1974) P. 62.
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., AND R. C. SPEED, (1974) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NV.; N.B.M.G. BULL. 83
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.
