Green Springs Plant

Plant in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10149900
MAS/MILS ID 0320330511
Record type Site
Current site name Green Springs Plant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -115.55448, 39.13913 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Hamilton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Hamilton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad Valleys(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 White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015 N 057 E 28 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -115.55448, 39.13913

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Plant type Leach
Plant subcategory Precipitation
Milling method Leach-Precipitation

Mining district

District name White Pine District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner USMX, Inc.
    ID 2602037
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1989

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. SPECIAL PUBLICATION 10, 1990,

  • Deposit

    P. 15.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AFTER CLOSE OF THE GREEN SPRINGS OPEN PIT MINE, (1990), PLANT WAS TO RECEIVE LOADED CARBON FROM THE CASINO MINE, MAS SEQ # 0320330520. PLANT MAY OR MAY NOT BE OPERATING, AS OF 11/96.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-NOV-96 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 01/25/1993
MSHA mine ID2602037
Mine name (MSHA)Green Springs
Current operatorUsmx Inc
Current controller (parent)Pegasus Gold Inc
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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