The Spanish Mine is a silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,250 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,250 Feet (1,905 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 38.2975, -117.27250
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Spanish Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Spanish Mine
Secondary: Nevada Spanish Silver 8 Claims
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: San Antone District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: Joe Clifford Of Stone Cabin Landmark Resources
Home Office: Vancouver, B. C., Canada
Years: 1980 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1854
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: San Antonio Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: CHIP SAMPLES AVERAGED 3.58 OZ/TON AG OVER A 0.98 M WIDTH. UP TO 29.9 OZ/TON AG REPORTED OVER 1.58 M WIDTH.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): APPROXIMATE LOCATION
Comment (Development): LANDMARK PROPOSED A $25000 PROGRAM OF SOIL AND ROCK GEOCHEMISTRY, GEOLOGIC MAPPING AND STRIPPING IN 1980
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO SHAFTS, 176 FT AND 66 FT DEEP, AND AN OPEN CUT, 100 FT LONG, 8 FT DEEP. MAIN VEIN EXPOSED BY TRENCHING OVER A STRIKE LENGTH OF 76 M.
References
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 158-159
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.
Reference (Deposit): THE NORTHERN MINER, AUGUST 21, 1980.
Reference (Production): KRAL, 1951, P. 159
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.
