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Willow Springs Prospect

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Nickel, Cobalt, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. 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 10095712
MRDS ID M233606
Record type Site
Current site name Willow Springs Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.17981, 38.4616 (WGS84)
Elevation 2042
Relative position 0.5 MILE SOUTH OF WILLOW SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Baxter Spring NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(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

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 007N 043E 17 W2 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Cobalt Critical Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Garnierite Ore
Niccolite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Altered Serpentinite Enriched In Ni.

Analytical data

Result BEST MATERIAL HAS GRADE OF 0.35 % NI WITH TRACES OF CO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Candelaria
    Rock description Candelaria

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.17981, 38.4616
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 5149.76M
    Width 60.96M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Manhattan District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Standard Slag Co.
    First year 1961

Comments on development

  • EXPLORED BY SEVERAL PARTIES, (INCLUDING STANDARD SLAG CO, 1961) FOR NICKEL POTENTIAL. A PRIVATE PARTY WAS EXPLORING THE AREA IN 1970

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE COUNTY: NBMG BULL (IN PRESS)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1982 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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