The Brooks Spring Prospects is a copper, tungsten, and molybdenum mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada.
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
Elevation:
Commodity: Copper, Tungsten, Molybdenum
Lat, Long: 40.78667, -117.26667
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Brooks Spring Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Brooks Spring Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
Land Status
Not available
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: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: MORE THAN 50 PPM MO
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Geology): SAMPLES FROM SHEAR ZONE, BRECCIA
References
Reference (Deposit): ERICKSON, 1974; GEOCHEMICAL DISTRIBUTION OF MOLYBDENUM IN HUMBOLDT CO., MF. USGS MA
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.
