The Green Springs is a gold mine located in White Pine county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Green Springs MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Green Springs
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: White Pine District
Land Status
Land ownership: Unknown
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
Type: Unknown
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: USMX, Inc.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1988
Production
Year: 1991
Description: Au 5000 Oz
Year: 1989
Description: Ore Treated 594000 My/Yr
Year: 1989
Description: Gold 32662 Oz/Yr
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Hydrometallurgy Unspecified
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): MINING CEASED IN 1990 AT GREEN SPRINGS MINE. CRUSHING, STOCKPILING & LEACHING OF STOCKPILED ORE WILL CONTINUE AT PLANT (MILL) THROUGH 1990. PLANT MAS SEQ 0320330511. THE CASINO MINE, MAS SEQ 0320330520 (HEAP LEACH - CIL OPER- ATION ) WILL DELIVER LOADED CARBON TO THE GREEN SPRINGS PLANT; MAS SEQ 0320330511. WAS NOT ANALYZED FOR THE 1992 AU AVAILABILITY STUDY.
References
Reference (Deposit): FINANCIAL TIMES, 1993, MINING YEARBOOK.
Reference (Deposit): COMPANY ANNUAL REPORTS AND USBM FILES.
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.
