Gold Springs District

Past Producer in Iron county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001722
MRDS ID W017216
Record type District
Current site name Gold Springs District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.00082, 38.08326 (WGS84)
Relative position THE DISTRICT EXTENDS INTO LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rice Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wilson Creek Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hamlin-Snake Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Iron

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Alteration

  • (Local) OXIDATION

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.00082, 38.08326

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • PRE-MINERAL FAULTS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1897
Year of first production 1897

Mining district

District name GOLD SPRINGS DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Beyond USGS

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