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Green Spring Anomaly

Prospect in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097289
MRDS ID M233519
Record type Site
Current site name Green Spring Anomaly

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.83122, 38.89909 (WGS84)
Elevation 1756
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 5.5 AIRMILES N65E FROM UPPER GABBS, Utm Is To Test Hole Shown On Topo Sheet In General Area Of The Anomaly

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ellsworth(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs 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 012N 037E 16 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON OUTWASH SLOPE OFF WEST BASE OF PARADISE RANGE, A SHORT DISTANCE NORTH OF PHELPS-STOKES IRON DEPOSIT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.83122, 38.89909
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 223.42M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1960
Discoverer James Simmons

Mining district

District name Gabbs District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED BY AIRBORNE PROSPECTING WITH A VARLAN M-49 MAGNETOMETER FOR LINDSAY AND GORDON SMITH. STANDARD SLAG CO HAD AN OPTION ON THE PROPERTY IN 1960

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEPHENSON, E.L., 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON GROUND MAGNETIC SURVEY OF GREEN SPRING ANOMALY, NYE, CO., NEV: NBMG FILE 229 ITEM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANOMALY IS ABOUT 1800 FT. BY 1800 FT
Deposit APPROXIMATIONS OF TONNAGE RANGE FROM 4,000,000 TO 10,000,000 TONS PER 100 FT. OF DEPTH. OF THE MAGNETIC BODY. IT IS PROBABLE THAT THE ANOMALY IS CAUSED BY MAGNETITE MINERALIZATION AT DEPTH. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-81 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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