The Silver Spring Stock is a gold and tungsten mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,221 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: 7,221 Feet (2,201 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Tungsten
Lat, Long: 38.84722, -115.48083
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Silver Spring Stock MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Spring Stock
Secondary: Silver Spring Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Currant District
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
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: White Pine Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: W skarn
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Bedding- N25w, 15ne; Fracturing Of Skarn Perhaps Related To The Igneous Intrusion
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): JUST EAST OF SILVER SPRING
Comment (Development): SAN DIEGO STATE UNIV.FIELD GEOLOGY CLASS WERE MAPPING IT IN SUMMER, 1981. PHILLIPS PETROLEUM CO. MAY BE ACTIVELY PROSPECTING THE AREA.
Comment (Workings): THREE SHORT ADITS, ONE INCLINED, 10 FT DEEP.
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZED AREA IS ALONG CONTACT ZONE OF GRANITIC ROCK AND SHALES AND LIMESTONE. CONTACT IS UNDULATORY AND CUTS ACROSS BEDDING.
References
Reference (Deposit): BLM UNIT RESOURCE ANALYSIS, 1977, MINERAL RESOURCE ANALYSIS OF THE DUCKWATER PLANNING UNIT (407) IN THE ELY DISTRICT, PREPARED (UPDATED)BY W.D. CRANDELL.
Reference (Deposit): BENTZ, TINGLEY, SMITH; FIELD EXAMINATION, JUNE15,198A G3 82 05
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.
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.
