Green Springs

Past Producer 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. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10174329
MAS/MILS ID 0320330508
Record type Site
Current site name Green Springs

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -115.56338, 39.13183 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(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

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 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

Ore Body (1) -115.56338, 39.13183

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Mining method Open Pit
Milling method Hydrometallurgy Unspecified

Mining district

District name White Pine District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner USMX, Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1988

Production statistics

  • Year 1989
    Description Ore Treated 594000 My/Yr
  • Year 1989
    Description Gold 32662 Oz/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 1015901.89g
  • Year 1991
    Description Au 5000 Oz
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 155517.4g

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMPANY ANNUAL REPORTS AND USBM FILES.

  • Deposit

    FINANCIAL TIMES, 1993, MINING YEARBOOK.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINING CEASED IN 1990 AT GREEN SPRINGS MINE. CRUSHING, STOCKPILING & LEACHING OF STOCKPILED ORE WILL CONTINUE AT PLANT (MILL) THROUGH 1990. PLANT MAS SEQ 0320330511. THE CASINO MINE, MAS SEQ 0320330520 (HEAP LEACH - CIL OPER- ATION ) WILL DELIVER LOADED CARBON TO THE GREEN SPRINGS PLANT; MAS SEQ 0320330511. WAS NOT ANALYZED FOR THE 1992 AU AVAILABILITY STUDY.

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.

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.