The Horse Thief Spring Prospects is a gold and silver mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,401 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,401 Feet (1,951 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 38.01722, -114.24750
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Horse Thief Spring Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Horse Thief Spring Prospects
Secondary: Horse Claims
Secondary: Thief Claims Baso Claims
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Eagle Valley (Stateline) District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Bluesky Oil And Gas And Canyon Resources Corp. Joint Venture
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PODS, LENSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: LOW GRADE
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Jasper
Gangue: Calcite
Unknown: Barite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): LOW-GRADE BULK TONNAGE POTENTIAL DEPOSIT. 860 ACRES OF GORD-BEARING JASPER BEDS. AREA OF RED-STAINED JASPEROID; SOME CALCITE AND BARITE VEINING ALONG SHEAR ZONE IN LIMESTONE. OLD SHAFT AT SAMPLE SITE 1564 EXPLORES AREA OF JASPEROID, SILICA VEINING WITH HEAVY MNO-HEMATITE STAINING. NO STRUCTURE VISIBLE AT CAVED SHAFT COLLAR BUT OXIDES APPEAR TO HAVE ORIGINATED IN REPLACEMENT POD IN LIMESTONE. PITS UPSLOPE TO THE NW EXPLORE PODS AND LENSES OF WHITE CRYSTALLINE BARITE-CALCITE ALONG N40W, 45SW SHEAR ZONE CUTTING GREY LIMESTONE.
Comment (Location): 2.5 MILES ESE OF EAGLE VALLEY RESERVOIR. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
Comment (Development): BLUESKY-CANYON JOINT VENTURE REPORTED TO HAVE ACQUIRED THIS PROPERTY IN 1981, AND DEEMED IT WARRANTED IMMEDIATE TEST-DRILLING, OLD WORKINGS ON PROPERTY EXPLORED VEIN BARITE, PODS MNOX RECENT DRILL ROADS; DRILLING AND SAMPLING MAINLY TO NW OF OLD PROSPECTS. BASO CLAIMS DATED 1973-NOTICE AT BARITE PIT. HORSE AND THIEF CLAIMS ARE RECENT (1982-1983?)
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL OLD SHAFTS AND PROSPECT PITS
References
Reference (Deposit): THE NORTHERN MINER, 9-24-81
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., FIELD EXAM, 1987
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.
