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Spencer Shaft

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098646
MRDS ID M233801
Record type Site
Current site name Spencer Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.84786, 39.32548 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spencer Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Summit Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky Valley(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 Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017N 045E Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnet Gangue
Hematite Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.84786, 39.32548
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50E
    Dip 90

Comments on the geologic information

  • N-S TRENDING FAULT ZONE CROSS-CUTTING N50E, VERT. SHEAR ZONE, ROCK HIGHLY ALTERED, BRICKRED HEMATITE & MNO COATINGS ON FRACTURES, PODS OF SHATTERED, ALTERED GARNET TACTITE ALONG SHEAR ZONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Spencer Hot Springs

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • VERTICAL SHAFT, TRENCH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH/BENTZ, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 1981

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1982 Martin, Paul (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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