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Gold Spring Group

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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  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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045850
MRDS ID M233691
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Spring Group
Alternate or previous names Gold Camp

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.69115, 38.22162 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 2.8 AIRMILES S45E FROM NYALA (MORMON WELL)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nyala(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Quinn Canyon Range(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004N 056E 08,09 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 5 CLAIMS IN GOLD CANYON, IN CANYON BOTTOM, ON BOTH SIDES OF CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • RICHEST ORE INVARIABLY CONTAINS TALC

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Talc Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.69115, 38.22162
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Post-Ore Fault Movement Has Crushed Quartz

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N45-60W (N. SIDE); N80E (S. SIDE)
    Dip 52NE (N. SIDE); (50N) S. SIDE
    Thickness 0.2M
  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N45-60W (N. SIDE); N80E (S. SIDE)
    Dip 52NE (N. SIDE); (50N) S. SIDE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Willow Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Gold Springs Mining Co.
    First year 1921

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW WORKING, SHORT TUNNEL

Comments on development

  • GOLD SPRINGS MINING CO. WAS OPERATING A 5-STAMP MILL HERE IN 1921.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILL, J.M., 1916, USGS BULL 648, P. 148-149.

  • Deposit

    SIRDEVAN, W.H., 1913, UNPUBLISHED NOTES ON THE WILLOW CREEK DISTRICT: NBMG FILE 262, ITEM 1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN; CALCITE AND QUARTZ VEINLETS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-82 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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