Silver Spring Stock

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044187
MRDS ID M231551
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Spring Stock
Alternate or previous names Silver Spring Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.48171, 38.84716 (WGS84)
Elevation 2201
Relative position 1.8 MILES SW OF WHITE PINE PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

White Pine Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Duckwater(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Currant Mountain Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011N 058E 05 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • JUST EAST OF SILVER SPRING

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 42
USGS model code 14a
Deposit model name W skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Silver Spring Stock
    Rock description Silver Spring Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.48171, 38.84716

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Bedding- N25w, 15ne; Fracturing Of Skarn Perhaps Related To The Igneous Intrusion

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Igneous Contact Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Currant District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE SHORT ADITS, ONE INCLINED, 10 FT DEEP.

Comments on development

  • SAN DIEGO STATE UNIV.FIELD GEOLOGY CLASS WERE MAPPING IT IN SUMMER, 1981. PHILLIPS PETROLEUM CO. MAY BE ACTIVELY PROSPECTING THE AREA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Deposit

    BENTZ, TINGLEY, SMITH; FIELD EXAMINATION, JUNE15,198A G3 82 05

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED AREA IS ALONG CONTACT ZONE OF GRANITIC ROCK AND SHALES AND LIMESTONE. CONTACT IS UNDULATORY AND CUTS ACROSS BEDDING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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