Willow Spring Prospect

The Willow Spring Prospect is a gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,821 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

Name: Willow Spring Prospect  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

Elevation: 6,821 Feet (2,079 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 39.0814, -116.89390

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Satelite image of the Willow Spring Prospect

Willow Spring Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Willow Spring Prospect
Secondary: Blue Nos. 1-8 1991
Secondary: Ted Nos. 1-3
Secondary: Unnamed Prospect 11, 14, 15
Secondary: Willow Nos. 1-27


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver


Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye


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

Type: Located Claim


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
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


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Deposit): KLEINHEMPLE AND ZIONEY REFER TO THIS PROPERTY AS "UNNAMED PROSPECT (11, 14, 45) IN NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 99B, P. 161.


References

Reference (Deposit): TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

Reference (Deposit): PART OF THE TOQUIMA RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS

Reference (Deposit): UNPUBLISHED REPORT, AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT

Reference (Deposit): OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 99B, P. 161.

Reference (Deposit): RESOURCES OF NORTHERN NYE COUNTY, NV: NEVADA BUREAU OF

Reference (Deposit): KLEINHEMPLE, F. J., AND ZIONEY, J. I., 1984, MINERAL


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.