The Spicer Claims is a gold and molybdenum mine located in Nye county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Spicer Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Spicer Claims
Secondary: Don Claims ?
Secondary: Transvaal Claims
Secondary: Nevada Mining and Mineral Claims.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Bare Mnt.
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
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Ownership
Owner Name: Spicer Mining Co. In A Joint Venture Named Nev. Mines And Minerals
Years: 1981 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Faults, Margin Fractures Of Timber Mountain Chloera.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
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Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
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Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT SITUATED ON RIM OF TIMBER MNT. CAULDERA, FE STAINED, ALTERED, BRECCIATED, KAOLINIZED TUFF. ALTERATION ZONE IS ABOUT 100 FT WIDE.
Comment (Workings): 2 VERTICLE SHAFTS
Comment (Geology): IN CONTACT WITH ALTERATION ZONE IS PORSKY, LITHIC AND CRYSTAL RICH RHYOLITIC ASH TUFF.
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 29 APR 82
Reference (Deposit): BELL, E.J., & LARSON, L.T, 1981, DRAFT FINAL REPT; CHARACTERIZATION OF ENERGY AND MIN RES. IF SW NTS AND VICINITY; PREPARED FOR D.O.E.
Reference (Deposit): PAHRUMP VALLEY TIMES, FEB 27, 1981
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.
