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Mud Springs Mine and Adjacent-Prospects.

Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold
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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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045930
MRDS ID M233828
Record type Site
Current site name Mud Springs Mine and Adjacent-Prospects.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.74065, 40.38991 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mud Spring Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crescent Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029N 046E;047E 13;18 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • APROX. 5.5 MILES WEST OF HIGHWAY #21 VIA A DIRT ROAD ALONG THE DRAINAGE OF MUD SPRINGS GULCH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINOR SULFIDES

Alteration

  • (Local) Sulfides, Silicification.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Slaven;Valmey
    Rock description Slaven;Valmey

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.74065, 40.38991
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Faults

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins.

Comments on the geologic information

  • LOCALLY THE SLAVEN CHERT OF THE DEVONIAN AND THE CHERTS AND SHALES OF VALMEY FORMATION HAVE BEEN INTRUDED BY TERTIARY GRANITES QUARTZ VEINS FILL FRACTURES, FAULTS AND JOINTS WHICH HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY EXPLORED. NORTHERN PROSPECT IN SEC. 13 SUGGESTS A MULTIPLE INTRUSION INTO GRANODIORITE OF QUARTZ, A DARKER PHASE DIORITE AND DARK DIKE MATERIAL. VEINS HAVE PYRITE COPPER SULFIDES, ARSENOPYRITE AND AG(?).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bullion

Comments on development

  • ACTIVITY IN AREA RELATES TO BARITE OPERATIONS OF WHICH THERE ARE AT LEAST THREE IN OPERATION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 1982

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1982 Mohsen, Ahmed F. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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