Springer Mine

The Springer Mine is a tungsten mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,898 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Springer Mine
Secondary: Humbolt-Springer
Secondary: Sutton Ii Mine
Secondary: Uncle Sam
Secondary: Nevada-Massachusetts
Secondary: Mill City
Secondary: Springer Shaft
Secondary: Stank Mine
Secondary: Humbolt Mine
Secondary: Summit Mine
Secondary: Tungsten

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Tin

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Mill City District

Land Status

Land ownership: Mixed
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: Private Lease
Type: Located Claim
Type: Patented

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Utah International, Inc.
Company ID: 2600964
Info Year: 1991

Owner Name: Centennial Development Co.
Company ID: 2600964
Info Year: 1980

Owner Name: Utah International, Inc. (Sub. Of Broken Hills Propietary)
Company ID: 2600964
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1983

Owner Name: Broken Hills Proprietary Ltd.
Company ID: 2600964
Percent: 20.00
Home Office: Australia
Info Year: 1983

Owner Name: General Electric Corp.
Company ID: 2600964
Percent: 80.00
Home Office: Connecticut
Info Year: 1983

Production

Year: 1958
Description: 0.28 Percent Wo3 62040 Tonnes Ore/Year Mined
Year: 1957
Description: 0.30 Percent Wo3 152857 Tonnes Ore/Year Mined
Year: 1956
Description: 0.44 Percent Wo3 (Estimated 192680 Tonnes Ore/Year Mined
Year: 1955
Description: 0.40 Percent Wo3 193312 Tonnes Ore/Year Mined
Year: 1954
Description: 0.37 Percent Wo3 171684 Tonnes Ore/Year Mined
Year: 1953
Description: 0.30 Percent Wo3 142951 Tonnes Ore/Year Mined
Year: 1952
Description: 0.30 Percent Wo3 133162 Tonnes Ore/Year Mined
Year: 1951
Description: 0.35 Percent Wo3 138306 Tonnes Ore/Year Mined
Year: 1950
Description: 0.40 Percent Wo3 127844 Tonnes Ore/Year Mined
Year: 1949
Description: 0.40 Percent Wo3 59393 Tonnes Ore/Year Mined
Year: 1948
Description: 0.40 Percent Wo3 129433 Tonnes Ore/Year Mined
Year: 1947
Description: 0.43 Percent Wo3 127820 Tonnes Ore/Year Mined
Year: 1946
Description: 0.47 Percent Wo3 133081 Tonnes Ore/Year Mined
Year: 1940
Description: Percent Wo3 Unknown 98795 Tonnes Ore/Year Mined
Year: 1939
Description: Percent Wo3 Unknown 79000 Tonnes Ore/Year Mined
Year: 1938
Description: Percent Wo3 Unknown 77700 Tonnes Ore/Year Mined
Year: 1937
Description: Percent Wo3 Unknown 1696 Tonnes Concentrate Treat.
Year: 1936
Description: Percent Wo3 Unknown 112042 Tonnes Ore/Year Mined
Year: 1935
Description: Percent Wo3 Unknown 78400 Tonnes Ore/Year Mined
Year: 1934
Description: Percent Wo3 Unknown 63932 Tonnes Ore/Year Mined
Year: 1933
Description: Percent Wo3 Unknown 53367 Tonnes Ore/Year Mined
Year: 1932
Description: Percent Wo3 Unknown 14500 Tonnes Ore/Year Mined
Year: 1931
Description: Percent Wo3 Unknown 65000 Tonnes Ore/Year Mined
Year: 1930
Description: Percent Wo3 Unknown 67250 Tonnes Ore/Year Mined
Year: 1929
Description: Percent Wo3 Unknown 43900 Tonnes Ore/Year Mined
Year: 1928
Description: 0.96 Percent Wo3 37127 Tonnes Ore/Year Mined
Year: 1927
Description: 1.12 Percent Wo3 23064 Tonnes Ore/Year Mined
Year: 1926
Description: 1.0 Percent Wo3 23280 Tonnes Ore/Year Mined
Year: 1925
Description: Percent Wo3 Unknown 1483 Tonnes Concentrate Treat.
Year: 1924
Description: 1.5 Percent Wo3 18000 Tonnes Ore/Year Mined
Year: 1918
Description: 0.87 Percent Wo3 18600 Tonnes Ore/Year Mined
Year: 1917
Description: 1.66 Percent Wo3 13600 Tonnes Ore/Year Mined

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Beneficiation (Mill)
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Shrinkage Methods
Milling Method: Gravity
Discovery Year: 1914
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: L

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

Unknown: Scheelite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Epidote
Unknown: Garnet
Unknown: Molybdenite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Pyrrhotite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Stilbite
Unknown: Tremolite
Unknown: Turquoise
Unknown: Actinolite
Unknown: Arsenopyrite
Unknown: Bismuth
Unknown: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Production): Y-YOD - THE 1914 YEAR OF DISCOVERY FROM UTAH INTERNATIONAL, INC., (1981). OTHER EARLIER SOURCES OF DATA CREDIT 1917 AS THE YEAR OF DISCOVERY. H-HPROD - PRODUCTION TONNAGE AND GRADES ARE FOR THE MILL CITY MINING DISTRICT.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): NO PUBLISHED RESERVE-RESOURCE INFORMATION.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): OTHER NAME: NEVADA-MASSACHUSETTS. PREVIOUSLY IN ADIT AS: MILL CITY. RESOURCES AS OF 1/83. $50 MILLION WAS INVESTED BY GENERAL ELECTRIC CORP. (GEC), DURING A 12 MONTH PERIOD FROM LATE 1979, TO CONSTRUCT A MINE, GRAVITY MILL, AND APT PLANT AT SPRINGER. PLANNED CAPACITY WAS 725 ST OF WO3 CONC./YR, FOR THE EXCLUSIVE PRODUCTION OF TUNGSTEN WIRE AND CARBIDE POWDER. COMMERCIAL PRODUCTON LASTED ONLY 3 OR 3MONTHS. THE OPERATION SHUT DOWN IN OCT. DUE TO POOR WO3 PRICES. CLOSED SINCE 1982.

Comment (Deposit): G-AWM - WIDTH DIMENSION IS DOWNDIP DIMENSION AND REPRESENTS A MINIMUM DOWNDIP WIDTH THAT IS KNOWN TO CONTINUE DOWNDIP. F-ATM - THICKNESS INCLUDES TWO REPLACED CARBONATE BEDS 7.6M APART, ONE 3.0M THICK AND THE OTHER 0.9M THICK. THE TWO BEDS ARE SEPARATED BY ROCK HAVING NO TUNGSTEN METAL CONTENT.

References

Reference (Deposit): EMPHASIZING STRUCTURAL ASPECTS. M.S. THESIS, UNIV. NV,

Reference (Deposit): 421. MIDDLEBROOK, J. GEOLOGY AT TUNGSTEN, NEVADA,

Reference (Deposit): BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 61, 1963, 248 PP.

Reference (Deposit): 376. LAWRENCE, E. F. ANTIMONY DEPOSITS IN NEVADA. NV

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA. BUMINES RI 4634, 1950, 6 PP.

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA- MASSACHUSETTS TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS, PERSHING COUNTY,

Reference (Deposit): 352. KING, W. H., AND G. H. HOLMES, JR. INVESTIGATION OF

Reference (Deposit): STATES. GEOL. SOC. AM. MEMOIR 15, 1946, 241 PP.

Reference (Deposit): BULLETIN 21, 1934, 46 PP.

Reference (Deposit): 343. KERR, P. F. TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION IN THE UNITED

Reference (Deposit): MILL CITY, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY

Reference (Deposit): 342. KERR, P. F. GEOLOGY OF THE TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS NEAR

Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGY BULLETIN 89, 1977, 115 PP.

Reference (Deposit): PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA. NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND

Reference (Deposit): PRESS, NEW YORK AND LONDON, PP. 32-34.

Reference (Deposit): 329. JOHNSON, M. G. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF

Reference (Deposit): AND COSTS. BUMINES B 390, 1937, PP. 92-94.

Reference (Deposit): 314. JACKSON, C. F., AND E. D. GARDNER. STOPING METHODS

Reference (Deposit): GEOL. SURV. BULL. 725-D, 1921, PP. 245-309.

Reference (Deposit): METAMORPHIC TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES. U.S.

Reference (Deposit): BUMINES IC 6284, 1930, 13 PP.

Reference (Deposit): 263. HESS, F. L., AND E. S. LARSON, JR. CONTACT-

Reference (Deposit): AT THE NEVADA-MASSACHUSETTS CO. MINES, MILL CITY, NEVADA.

Reference (Deposit): 260. HEIZER, O. F. METHOD AND COST OF MINING TUNGSTEN ORE

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA. BUMINES IC 6280, 1930, 10 PP.

Reference (Deposit): TUNGSTEN ORE AT THE NEVADA-MASSACHUSETTS MILL, MILL CITY,

Reference (Deposit): REP. 2, 1962, 48 PP.

Reference (Deposit): OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL.

Reference (Deposit): 3, NO. 8, 1979, PP. 1-2.

Reference (Deposit): 608. SCHILLING, J. H. AN INVENTORY OF MOLYBDENUM

Reference (Deposit): TUNGSTEN MINE IN PERSHING COUNTY. NV MIN. ASSOC. BULL., V.

Reference (Deposit): ,1967 1/240007, 41 PP.

Reference (Deposit): 478. NEVADA MINING ASSOCIATION (RENO). G.E. TO RE-OPEN

Reference (Deposit): 848. ZADRA, J. B. MILLING AND PROCESSING TUNGSTEN.

Reference (Deposit): NEW YORK AND LONDON, 1980, PP. 32-34.

Reference (Deposit): METALLURGY, PROPERTIES, AND APPLICATIONS. PLENUM PRESS,

Reference (Deposit): 846. YIH, S. W. H., AND C. T. WANG. TUNGSTEN - SOURCES,

Reference (Deposit): TO REOPEN SPRINGER MINE. V. 32, NO. 13, 1979, P. 82.

Reference (Deposit): WORLD MINING - UNITED STATES: NEVADA; UTAH ANNOUNCES PLANS

Reference (Deposit): 830. WORLD MINING (SAN FRANCISCO) WHAT'S GOING ON IN

Reference (Deposit): SURV. PROF. PAPER 318, 1959, PP. 63-85.

Reference (Deposit): NONPEGMATITE BERYLLIUM IN THE UNITED STATES. U.S. GEOL.

Reference (Deposit): N. CAMERON. LOCALITIES IN NEVADA. CH. IN OCCURRENCE OF

Reference (Deposit): 1936, 56PP.

Reference (Deposit): 774. WARNER, L. A., W. T. HOLSER, V. R. WILMARTH, AND E.

Reference (Deposit): DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA. BUMINES IC 6902,

Reference (Deposit): 739. VAN DENBURGH, A. S. RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING

Reference (Deposit): MINES, UNIV. NV, RENO, NV, 1963, PP. 1, 47, FIG. 15.

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA TUNGSTEN PROVINCE. M.S. THESIS, MACKAY SCHOOL OF

Reference (Deposit): 715. TINGLEY, J. V. GUIDES TO EXPLORATION IN THE SIERRA

Reference (Deposit): DIV. MINE INSP., 1981, PP. 60, 62, 63.

Reference (Deposit): ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1980. DEP. IND. RELATIONS, NV

Reference (Deposit): 685. STATE OF NEVADA. DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS

Reference (Deposit): 259. HEIZER, O. F. METHODS AND COSTS OF CONCENTRATING

Reference (Deposit): PRACTICES AND COSTS. BUMINES B 357, 1932, PP. 1, 98.

Reference (Deposit): 206. GARNER, E. D., AND J. F. JOHNSON. SHAFT-SINKING

Reference (Ownership): OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1990, P. 76.

Reference (Ownership): NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1991, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

Reference (Deposit): BUMINES IC 7912, 1959, 120 PP.

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.