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Gold Springs Wash-Adit

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046540
MRDS ID M241720
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Springs Wash-Adit
Related records 10198384

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.06054, 37.88386 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deer Lodge Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escalante Desert(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001S 071E 04 SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH SIDE OF GOLD SPRINGS WASH ONE MILE SOUTH OF BUCK MOUNTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.06054, 37.88386
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 0.15M
    Length 10.67M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Eagle Valley (Gold Springs) District

Comments on the workings information

  • NORTH-TRENDING ADIT 35 FT LONG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L.I., 1976, UTAH GEOLOGY VOL. 3. NO. 1, P. 41, 46

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINOR N-TRENDING QUARTZ VEIN. NEAR THE FACE OF THE ADIT, TWO FRACTURES WITH UP TO 1 INCH OF LIMONITE WERE FOUND AND FOLLOWED FOR 10 FT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-84 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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