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Spohr Mine

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044543
MRDS ID M232007
Record type Site
Current site name Spohr Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.33094, 37.90187 (WGS84)
Elevation 2719
Relative position 1.5 MILES NW OF MUSTANG MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Montgomery(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Benton Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Crowley Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mono-Owens Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Inyo 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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N 033E 32 W2 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 5.5 MILES S5W FROM TOWN OF MOUNT MONTGOMERY ON N SIDE OF QUEEN CANYON, ABOUT 2 MILES FROM ITS MOUTH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Rock unit name Palmetto Formation
    Rock description Palmetto Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.33094, 37.90187
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrust Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Buena Vista District; Oneota, Basalt, Mount Montgomery Districts

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CROWDER, D.F., ROBINSON, P.F., HARRIS, D.L., 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BENTON QUADRANGLE: USGS MAP GQ-1013.

  • Deposit

    ALBERS, J.P. AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, NBMG BULL 78.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1979, MILS DATA.

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION ON 13 AUGUST, 1982

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SIMILAR TO ALBERT MINE, POSSIBLY ON A PARALLEL N20-30E SHEAR ZONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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