The Spider Prospect is a silver and gold mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,751 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,751 Feet (1,448 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 39.47722, -118.10306
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Spider Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Spider Prospect
Secondary: Spider and Wasp Group
Secondary: Spider Patent, Tony Pam Patent
Secondary: NBMG Sample Sites 3906, 3907
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
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.
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
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Strong Alteration Of Tuff
Rocks
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 3907 CONTAINED 0.2% FE, 0.05% MG, 0.05% TI, 30 PPM MN, 1000 PPM AG, 300 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 20 PPM CU, 15 PPM MO, 5 PPM NI, 50 PPM PB, 30 PPM ZR, AND 0.15 PPM AU, (BY A A ANALYSIS). SAMPLE 3906 (ANALYSIS REPORTED ELSE WHERE ALREADY) CONTAINED 2000 PPM AG AND 100 PPM PB AND 2.1 PPM AU.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW ADITS AND SHAFTS EXPLORING LARGE E-W VEIN STRUCTURE. NEARLY ALL WORKINGS IN THE CAMP ENTER THE VEIN FROM THE NORTH, WHILE A FEW OF THE WORKINGS ON THE EAST SIDE OF CAMP EITHER SINK ON OR STOPE THROUGH THE TOP OF THE SYSTEM
Comment (Deposit): E-W VEIN STRUCTURE. CENTRAL PORTION CHARACTERIZED BY A MILKY WHITE COMB QUARTZ VEIN CONTAINING SPECKS OF BLACK SILVER SULFIDES. SAMPLE 3906 WAS FROM A SMALL ADIT AND SHAFT WHERE THE SUBSURFACE WORKINGS ARE CONNECTED. THE QUARTZ ORE ASSAYED 2000 PPM AG AND 2.1 PPM AU. SAMPLE 3907 CAME FROM ANOTHER SHAFT AND ADIT A FEW HUNDRED FEET TO THE SE ON THE TONY PAH PATENT, AND CONSISTED OF MILKY WHITE COMB QUARTZ FROM A VEIN IN THE ADIT. SOME OF THE VEIN GOUGE AND WALLROCK APPEARED TO BE A WHITE, VERY HIGHLY ALTERED TUFF.
Comment (Location): UTM IS TO SAMPLE SITE 3907 ON THE TONY PAM PATENT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): ORIGINAL CLAIMS STAKED IN 1906, PATENTED 1908 BY THE SPIDER-WASP MINING CO. STAKING OF TREASURE HILL CLAIMS BY ERICKSON IN 1979 COMPLETELY SURROUNDS THE PATENTS
References
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 25 SEP 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
Reference (Deposit): CHURCHILL COUNTY RECORDER AND ASSESSOR, RECORDS.
Reference (Deposit): USDI, BLM, MINING CLAIM RECORDS.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL. 1.
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.
