The Spider and Wasp Prospect is a silver and gold mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,701 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,701 Feet (1,433 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 39.47861, -118.10472
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Spider and Wasp Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Spider and Wasp Prospect
Secondary: Spider, Wasp, Long Nel, Patented Claims
Secondary: NBMG Sample Sites 3905, 3906.
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Wonder District
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Brown, Archie B. And Julia A.
Home Office: P.O. Box 196, Cave Junction, Or 97523
Years: 1986 -
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
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Strong Argillization; Silicification
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 300 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 20 PPM CU, 100 PPM MO, 150 PPM PB, 150 PPM SB, 10 PPM V, 30 PPM ZR. SAMPLE 3906 CONTAINS 0.3% FE, 0.03% MG, 0.07% TI, 30 PPM MN, 2000 PPM AG, 300 PPM BA, 1.5 PPM BE, 20 PPM CU, 20 PPM MO, 100 PPM PB, 30 PPM ZR, AND 2.1 PPM AU (BY A A ANALYSIS).
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 3905 CONTAINS 0.7% FE, 0.03% MG, 0.07% TI, 30 PPM MN, 3000 PPM AG, 10 PPM AU, (8.6 PPM AU BY A A ANALYSIS)
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): WEST AND SOUTH OF VICTOR SITE ON TOPO MAP; EAST OF DICKEY PEAK UTM IS TO SAMPLE SITE 3906 ON SPIDER PATENT. SAMPLE 3905 ON THE WASP PATENT HAS UTM N 4370300, E 404800 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): M.S. #3064, SURVEYED IN 1907, PATENTED IN 1908, AT WHICH TIME IT WAS OWNED BY THE SPIDER-WASP MINING CO.
Comment (Deposit): VEINS, GOUGE ZONES
Comment (Workings): ADIT SHAFT PROSPECTS
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., 1947, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON CARSON SINK AREA.
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK AND TINGLEY, J.V., 25 SEP 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT AND SAMPLE ANALYSES
Reference (Deposit): CHURCHILL COUNTY RECORDER AND ASSESSOR'S OFFICE, RECORDS.
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.
