The Log Spring Placer is a gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,749 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,749 Feet (2,057 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.39556, -117.65417
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Log Spring Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Log Spring Placer
Secondary: Huntfort
Secondary: Little Log Springs
Secondary: Mohawk
Secondary: Benton Claims
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Sylvania (Green Mountain) 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
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: BLANKET
Structure
Type: L
Description: Thrust Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: TEST RUNS YIELDED $2.30-$4.20/CU. YP. OF GRAVEL IN 1913.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): 9 CLAIMS AND A FRACTION COVERING 190 ACRES AT THE BASE OF UNCLE SAM MOUNTAIN, 5 MILES FROM THE CALIFORNIA STATE LINE. (IT IS ASSUMED THAT THIS IS IN THE VICINITY OF LOG SPRING NAMED ON THE TOPO SHEET.) ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Deposit): PAY STREAK OF GRAVEL AVERAGES 1.5-4 FT OPENED UP 22 FEET WIDE
References
Reference (Reserve-Resource): CAULKINS, CHARLES, 1913.
Reference (Deposit): CAULKINS, CHARLES, 1913, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON LOG SPRINGS PLACER: NBMG FILE 102, ITEM 11
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.
