The Gold Springs Wash-Adit is a gold mine located in Lincoln 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: 37.88389, -114.05972
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Gold Springs Wash-Adit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Springs Wash-Adit
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Eagle Valley (Gold Springs) District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): NORTH SIDE OF GOLD SPRINGS WASH ONE MILE SOUTH OF BUCK MOUNTAIN
Comment (Deposit): MINOR N-TRENDING QUARTZ VEIN. NEAR THE FACE OF THE ADIT, TWO FRACTURES WITH UP TO 1 INCH OF LIMONITE WERE FOUND AND FOLLOWED FOR 10 FT
Comment (Workings): NORTH-TRENDING ADIT 35 FT LONG
References
Reference (Deposit): PERRY, L.I., 1976, UTAH GEOLOGY VOL. 3. NO. 1, P. 41, 46
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.
