Spring City Mines

The Spring City Mines is a silver mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,001 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Spring City Mines
Secondary: Mount Rose
Secondary: Montrose
Secondary: Paradise Valley

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron

Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Spring City 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: Dumps Reworked
Years: 1913 - 1914

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1879
Discovery Year: 1868
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Argentite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): NE END OF PARADISE VALLEY

Comment (Production): $1,545,362 WORTH PRODUCED TO END OF 1943 FOR DISTRICT

Comment (Deposit): VEINS

Comment (Workings): ADITS, SHAFTS, PITS

Comment (Geology): GEOL.COM: 2 PARALLEL VEINS 1000 FT APART, UP TO 25 FT. THICK

Comment (Deposit): THE FIRST CLAIMS WERE LOCATED IN 1868, AND IT WAS ORGANIZED AS THE MOUNT ROSE DISTRICT IN 1873. THE MINES WERE ACTIVELY WORKED FROM 1879 TO 1891, WITH REVIVALS OF INTEREST IN 1907-1915 AND 1931-1935, WHEN A SMALL AMOUNT OF SILVER ORE WAS MINED. MOST OF THE PRODUCTION WAS MADE PRIOR TO 1900 WHEN RECORDS WERE INCOMPLETE. THE EARLY ORE WAS CRUSHED IN STAMPS AND TREATED BY PAN AMALGAMATION. THE EARLY TAILINGS WERE REWORKED TWICE, MOST RECENTLY IN 1913-14. THE MAJOR MINING PROPERTY IN THE DISTRICT WAS THE SILVER BUTTE MINING COMPANY. DECKER (1974) REPORTS THAT THE NUMBER AND SIZE OF THE DUMPS INDICATE EXTENSIVE WORKINGS ON THE MAIN RIDGE IN THE DISTRICT (MAINLY IN SEC. 22), AND THAT THE CANYON CONTAINS THE RUINS OF AT LEAST TWO MILLS. SOME OF THE VEINS HAVE YIELDED PLACERS WHICH WERE WORKED AT A PROFIT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

References

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W.O., 1938, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICT IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM INF. CIRC. 6995.

Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG, BULL. VOL. 59.

Reference (Deposit): DECKER, D.J., 1974, MINERAL RESOURCE OWNERSHIP INVESTIGATION, NEVADA GARVEY RANCH, HUMBOLDT AND ELKO COUNTIES, NEVADA: UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON FILE AT NBMG, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, ITEM 1.

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., 1915, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE NATIONAL MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA; USGS, BULL. 601. #5. TINGLEY, J.V., 5 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION OF DISTRICT.

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.