Spider Prospect

Occurrence in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  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 10047716
MRDS ID M243141
Record type Site
Current site name Spider Prospect
Alternate or previous names Spider and Wasp Group, Spider Patent, Tony Pam Patent, NBMG Sample Sites 3906, 3907

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.10402, 39.47713 (WGS84)
Elevation 1448

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wonder Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019N 034E 25 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM IS TO SAMPLE SITE 3907 ON THE TONY PAM PATENT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Strong Alteration Of Tuff

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3907 CONTAINED 0.2% FE, 0.05% MG, 0.05% TI, 30 PPM MN, 1000 PPM AG, 300 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 20 PPM CU, 15 PPM MO, 5 PPM NI, 50 PPM PB, 30 PPM ZR, AND 0.15 PPM AU, (BY A A ANALYSIS). SAMPLE 3906 (ANALYSIS REPORTED ELSE WHERE ALREADY) CONTAINED 2000 PPM AG AND 100 PPM PB AND 2.1 PPM AU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.10402, 39.47713

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wonder District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Brown, Archie B. And Julia A.
    First year 1986

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW ADITS AND SHAFTS EXPLORING LARGE E-W VEIN STRUCTURE. NEARLY ALL WORKINGS IN THE CAMP ENTER THE VEIN FROM THE NORTH, WHILE A FEW OF THE WORKINGS ON THE EAST SIDE OF CAMP EITHER SINK ON OR STOPE THROUGH THE TOP OF THE SYSTEM

Comments on development

  • ORIGINAL CLAIMS STAKED IN 1906, PATENTED 1908 BY THE SPIDER-WASP MINING CO. STAKING OF TREASURE HILL CLAIMS BY ERICKSON IN 1979 COMPLETELY SURROUNDS THE PATENTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 25 SEP 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    CHURCHILL COUNTY RECORDER AND ASSESSOR, RECORDS.

  • Deposit

    USDI, BLM, MINING CLAIM RECORDS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL. 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit E-W VEIN STRUCTURE. CENTRAL PORTION CHARACTERIZED BY A MILKY WHITE COMB QUARTZ VEIN CONTAINING SPECKS OF BLACK SILVER SULFIDES. SAMPLE 3906 WAS FROM A SMALL ADIT AND SHAFT WHERE THE SUBSURFACE WORKINGS ARE CONNECTED. THE QUARTZ ORE ASSAYED 2000 PPM AG AND 2.1 PPM AU. SAMPLE 3907 CAME FROM ANOTHER SHAFT AND ADIT A FEW HUNDRED FEET TO THE SE ON THE TONY PAH PATENT, AND CONSISTED OF MILKY WHITE COMB QUARTZ FROM A VEIN IN THE ADIT. SOME OF THE VEIN GOUGE AND WALLROCK APPEARED TO BE A WHITE, VERY HIGHLY ALTERED TUFF.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1986 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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