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Utah Spur Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046519
MRDS ID M241690
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Spur Mine
Alternate or previous names Utah Spur and Rhode Island Queen Claims, Newport-Nevada Property?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.05139, 38.00829 (WGS84)
Elevation 2377
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 2-3 MILES FROM TOWN OF STATELINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002N 071E 29 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • PROPERTY STRADDLES THE NEVADA-UTAH BORDER. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1982

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result A PICKED ORE SAMPLE RAN 0.44 OZ/T AU AND 82.40 OZ/T AG
Result ANOTHER RAN 0.06 OZ/T AU AND 13.34 OZ/T AG

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 15.5
    Dating method K-Ar
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Chronological age 8.5
    Dating method K-Ar
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 15.5
    Dating method K-Ar
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 8.5
    Dating method K-Ar
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 15.5
    Dating method K-Ar
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Chronological age 8.5
    Dating method K-Ar
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 15.5
    Dating method K-Ar
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 8.5
    Dating method K-Ar

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.05139, 38.00829
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Caldera Area
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faulting; A S85w Fault And A S55e Fault Nearby

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NW-SE; ABOUT N45W
    Dip 70-80 NE
    Thickness 15.24M
    Length 304.8M
  • General form TABULAR
    Dip 70-80 NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Of Rhyolite And Andesite; Brecciation

Comments on the geologic information

  • ANDESITE IS ON HANGING WALL SIDE OF VEIN BUT CONTACT IS NOT WELL-DEFINED EXCEPT WHERE THERE IS EVIDENCE OF FAULTING

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1896

Mining district

District name Eagle Valley (State Line) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Knight, Mrs. Jesse
    Home office Los Angeles, Ca
    First year 1921

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT, VERTICAL SHAFT SEVERAL HUNDRED FT SE OF OPEN CUT, A SECOND VERTICAL SHAFT, (EACH ABOUT 75 FT DEEP), A CROSSCUT TUNNEL PERHAPS 200 FT LONG (INACCESSIBLE). MOST OF THE WORKINGS ARE ON THE UTAH SIDE OFTHE STATE LINE

Comments on development

  • MOST OF THE PROPERTY LIES IN UTAH. ORE WAS SHIPPED PRIOR TO 1921. IN 1983, KINETIC MINERALS ANNOUNCED PLANS TO MILL DUMP MATERIAL AT THE OFER MINE IN UTAH, ACROSS THE STATELINE FROM THE UTAH SPUR. THEY SAID THEY PLANNED TO SEEK MORE PUMPS IN THE AREA, TOO. IT IS UNKNOWN WHETHER OR NOT THEIR OPERATIONS WOULD INVOLVE THE UTAH SPUR OR NEARBY NEVADA PROPERTIES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STOTESBURY, H.W., 1921, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE STATELINE MINING DISTRICT; NBMG FILE 168, ITEM 1.

  • Deposit

    ENG. AND MIN. JOUR., 1903, 1904 CLIPPINGS, NBMG FILE 168.

  • Deposit

    THOMSON, K.C. AND PERRY. L.I., 1975, UTAH GEOLOGY, VOL. 2, NO. 1, P. 27-47.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, J.D., 1980, U. OF WISCONSIN-MADISON MS THESIS; MIOCENE PORPHYRY INTRUSIONS VOLCANISM AND MINERALIZATION, SW. UTAH AND E. NEVADA.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, MAY 15, 1983.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, JUNE 15, 1983.

  • Deposit

    SMITH, G.H., 1902, MINING & SCIENTIFIC PRESS, VOL. 84, P. 701.

  • Deposit

    SMITH, G.H., 1902, THE MINING REVIEW, SALT LAKE CITY, DEC. 30, P. 67-68.

  • Deposit

    COLLINS, T.M., 1977, GEOLOGY OF THE STATELINE DISTRICT, UTAH-NEVADA: M.S. THESIS, UNIV. OF MISSOURI-ROLLA.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN HAS A BOLD STRONG OUTCROP WHICH CAN EASILY BE TRACED FOR 1000 FT. VEIN CONSISTS OF BOTH QUARTZ AND SILICIFIED RHYOLITE OR ANDESITE. MOST OF THE VEIN IS BARREN WITH 2 PLACES MINERALIZED: AT ONE PLACE, AN OPEN CUT EXPOSED A SMALL BODY OF HIGH GRADE SILVER ORE, THE SILVER OCCURRING AS SPECKS AND BANDS OF BLACK SULFIDE (ARGENTITE) IN THE QUARTZ.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-84 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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