| Deposit ID | 10045042 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M232696 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Lower Spring City Canyon |
| Alternate or previous names | Bullion Mine? |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.46986, 41.57378 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1615 |
| Relative position | 55 MILES NNE OF WINNEMUCCA |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Humboldt(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Spring City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Quinn River Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Little Humboldt(hydrologic unit)
Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)
Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Humboldt |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 043N | 040E | 28 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Result | AU, 0.005-0.01 OZ/TON |
|---|---|
| Result | AG 0.12 TO 0.39 OZ/TON. |
| Model code | 85 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 22c |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
| Mark3 model number | 46 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist |
| (1) | -117.46986, 41.57378 |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1908 |
| Year of first production | 1875 |
| District name | Spring City District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 243.84M |
| Overall depth | 121.92M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M232696 |
DECKER, D.J., 1974, MINERAL RESOURCE OWNERSHIP INVESTIGATION, NEVADA GARVEY RANCH, HUMBOLDT AND ELKO COUNTIES, NEVADA, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON FILE AT NBMG: HUMBOLDT COUNTY, ITEM 1
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SEVERAL OLD SHALLOW INCLINED SHAFTS AND SHORT ADITS ARE DRIVEN ON NARROW QUARTZ VEINS. THE SITE OF THE EARLY-DAY MINING CAMP OF BULLION. THE USGS IN 1908 REPORTED THAT "THE BULLION MINE IS OPENED BY A 400-FT. VERTICAL SHAFT AND AN 800-FT. TUNNEL. THE DUMPS ARE NOW ALL OVERGROWN AND WORKINGS CAVED. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1981 | La Pointe, D. D. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-MAY-1987 | La Pointe, D.D. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1994 | Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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