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Spence Claims

Occurrence in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046033
MRDS ID M233940
Record type Site
Current site name Spence Claims
Alternate or previous names Spence Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.80255, 40.56659 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Relative position 2 MILES E OF PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spruce Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wendover(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elko(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Long-Ruby 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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
031N 063E 13 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nnw Trending Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Dike Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1916

Mining district

District name Spruce Mountain

Comments on the workings information

  • VERTICAL SHAFT WITH LONG DRIFT ON THE 200-FT. LEVEL.

Comments on development

  • SHAFT & DRIFT DONE PRE-1916. MORE DEVELOPMENT WAS DONE, 1917-1918 IN EXPLORING FOR COPPER ORE ALONG THE CONTACT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILL, JAMES M., (1916), NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, USGS BULL 698

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C., 1931, SPRUCE MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, ELKO COUNTY U. OF N. BULL., VOL XXV, NO. 7

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIKE CONTACT WITH MALACHITE, CHRYSOCOLLA, CHALCOPIRITE.
Deposit THE SPENCE PROPERTY IS DEVELOPED BY MEANS OF A LONG DRIFT ON THE 200 FT LEVEL OF A VERTICAL SHAFT. THIS WORK WAS DONE PRE-1916. MORE DEVELOPMENT WORK WAS COMPLETED IN 1917 & 1918 IN EXPLOREING FOR COPPER ORE ALONG THE CONTACT, AND FOR STRINGERS IN THE DIKE. ANY DEVELOPMENT AFTER 1918 IS NOT REPORTED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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