The Spring Prospect is a copper and silver mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,600 feet.
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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
Elevation: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.29806, -118.12028
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Spring Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Spring Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Spring Valley 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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: 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
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.010 OZ AU/TON
Analytical Data: 0.5-2.6 OZ AG
Analytical Data: CHIPS:0.20-1.62%CU
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Chlorite
Comments
Comment (Development): NO APPARENT ACTIVITY IN 1984
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF TWO SEPARATE QUARTZ VEINS WHOSE THICKNESS VARIES GREATLY. THEY ARE SHARPLY BOUNDED.
Comment (Workings): A CAT CUT AND A 10-METER ADIT.
Comment (Geology): THICKNESSES OF VEINS VARY GREATLY AND ARE SHARPLY BOUNDED. OTHER CHALCOPYRITE-QUARTZ CALCITE VEINS (OF MINOR EXTENT) WHEN INCLUDED WITH THE SPRING PROSPECT, DEFINE A NORTHWEST-TRENDING LINEATION.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF TWO SEPARATE QUARTZ VEINS, UPHILL VEIN IS EXPOSED BY CAT CUT, LOWER VEIN EXPOSED BY A 10 METER ADIT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM & SHARP, 1957, GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF T28N, R33&34E, MT. DIABLO BASE & MERIDIAN, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA, SOUTHERN PACIFIC LAND CO. REPORT, SAN FRANCISCO
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3
Reference (Deposit): VIKRE, P.G., 1978, GEOLOGY & SILVER MINERALIZATION OF THE ROCHESTER DISTRICT, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; PH.D THESIS STANFORD UNIV.
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.
