Spring Basin

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Zinc
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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047217
MRDS ID M242484
Record type Site
Current site name Spring Basin
Alternate or previous names NBMG Samples 3 and 4.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.59009, 37.95744 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Weepah(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N 039E 09,10,PROJECTED,FROM,SOUTH Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED AREA ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result NBMG SAMPLES 3 AND 4 OF SILICA-VEINED PEBBLE DIKE AND GOSSAN OUTCROP RESPECTIVELY CONTAINED 9.8 AND 14 PPM CU
Result 8.2 AND 90 PPM ZN
Result 11 AND 17 PPM PB
Result 2.6 AND 10.6 PPM MO
Result 2.3 AND 3.8 PPM W
Result 15 AND 16 PPB AU
Result .08AND .16 PPM AG
Result 0.4 AND 1.9 PPM U.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Campito;Harkless
    Rock description Campito;Harkless

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.59009, 37.95744

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 30M
    Width 10M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Igneous Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lone Mountain

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY,J.V., 1979, FIELD EXAMINATION

  • Deposit

    ALBERS,J.P. AND STEWART,J.H., 1972, NBMG BULL 78.

  • Deposit

    NBMG OFR 83-8,83-11,1983

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LENSES OF GARNET TACTITE ALONG LIMESTONE LENSES, NOT ON DEFINITE IGNEOUS CONTACTS. ONE AREA OF STOCKWORKS WITH SMALL PEBBLE DIKE WAS SAMPLED. THIS OUTCROP WAS FE-OXIDE-STAINED, LACED WITH QUARTZ VEINLETS, BLACK-APPEARING SILICA VEINING, AND MATRIX FOR PEBBLE DIKE. ROCK CONTAINS POINTS OF YELLOW AND BROWN FE OXIDE, ALSO SPECKS OF A BLACK METALLIC MINERAL. NEAR THE MAIN ROAD, A MAJOR FAULT ZONE SEPARATES SHALEY ROCKS TO THE WEST FROM TACTITES, LIME STONES, ETC. TO EAST. THIS COULD BE A MAJOR THRUST FAULT. IN THIS SAME AREA, IN AN OUTCROP OF LIMESTONE, A NARROW (20CM) LENS OF SILICEOUS GOSSAN OUTCROP HAS A STRIKE LENGTH OF ABOUT 2M, SHOWING GOOD BOXWORK STRUCTURE (SPHALERITE?).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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