Cold Spring Mine

Occurrence in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045270
MRDS ID M232969
Record type Site
Current site name Cold Spring Mine
Alternate or previous names Lucky Fry, Alice May, Cold Spring, Cold Spring 1&2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.41563, 41.85518 (WGS84)
Elevation 2743
Relative position NORTH OF BONANZA GULCH BETWEEN THE BUCKEYE MINE & THE TARBIDGE CENTRAL PROSPECT AT AN ELEVATION OF 8,000 FEET

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jarbidge South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jarbidge Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bruneau(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 046N 058E 28 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Jarbidge Rhyolite
    Rock description Jarbidge Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Jarbidge Rhyolite
    Rock description Jarbidge Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.41563, 41.85518

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Crater Range

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1910
Discoverer Messrs. Dufrens And Hull

Mining district

District name Jarbidge District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cold Spring Mining Co.(1920'S)
  • Type Owner
    Owner Cold Spring Mine Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 213.36M

Comments on development

  • 5 CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C.(1923) JARBIDGE MINING DISTRICT, NV., USGS BULL.741

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 VEINS
Deposit THE DEPOSIT WAS DISCOVERED IN 1910 BY MESSRS. DAFREUS HULL. THE PROPERTY COMPRISES FIVE CLAIMS & IS ON THREE VEINS, ALL OF WHICH ARE SAID TO HAVE BEEN OPENED TOTHE NORTH AND TO THE SOUTH OF THE PROPERTY WITH GOOD RESULTS. THE MINE IS DEVELOPED BY ABOUT 700 FEET OF WORKINGS WIMILAR TO THOSE OF THE BUCKEYE MINE BUT NOT SO EXTENSIVE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Gruen, Abby Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAY-1990 Marcus, Sue U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.