| Deposit ID | 10099715 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W016309 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Spring City Mines |
| Alternate or previous names | Mount Rose, Montrose, Paradise Valley |
| Related records | 10295712 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.45097, 41.59989 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2134 |
| Relative position | 60 MILES NNE OF WINNEMUCCA |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Humboldt(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Spring City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Quinn River Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Little Humboldt(hydrologic unit)
Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)
Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Humboldt |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 043N | 040E | 33,34,21,22,27,28 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Argentite | Ore |
| Cerargyrite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Pyrargyrite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 85 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 22c |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
| Mark3 model number | 46 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale |
| (1) | -117.45097, 41.59989 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N-S |
| Dip | 50-80E |
| Thickness | 7.62M |
| Length | 304.8M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1868 |
| Year of first production | 1879 |
| District name | Spring City District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Dumps Reworked |
| First year | 1913 |
| Last year | 1914 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W016309 |
VANDERBURG, W.O., 1938, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICT IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM INF. CIRC. 6995.
WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG, BULL. VOL. 59.
DECKER, D.J., 1974, MINERAL RESOURCE OWNERSHIP INVESTIGATION, NEVADA GARVEY RANCH, HUMBOLDT AND ELKO COUNTIES, NEVADA: UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON FILE AT NBMG, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, ITEM 1.
LINDGREN, W., 1915, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE NATIONAL MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA; USGS, BULL. 601. #5. TINGLEY, J.V., 5 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION OF DISTRICT.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | VEINS |
| Deposit | THE FIRST CLAIMS WERE LOCATED IN 1868, AND IT WAS ORGANIZED AS THE MOUNT ROSE DISTRICT IN 1873. THE MINES WERE ACTIVELY WORKED FROM 1879 TO 1891, WITH REVIVALS OF INTEREST IN 1907-1915 AND 1931-1935, WHEN A SMALL AMOUNT OF SILVER ORE WAS MINED. MOST OF THE PRODUCTION WAS MADE PRIOR TO 1900 WHEN RECORDS WERE INCOMPLETE. THE EARLY ORE WAS CRUSHED IN STAMPS AND TREATED BY PAN AMALGAMATION. THE EARLY TAILINGS WERE REWORKED TWICE, MOST RECENTLY IN 1913-14. THE MAJOR MINING PROPERTY IN THE DISTRICT WAS THE SILVER BUTTE MINING COMPANY. DECKER (1974) REPORTS THAT THE NUMBER AND SIZE OF THE DUMPS INDICATE EXTENSIVE WORKINGS ON THE MAIN RIDGE IN THE DISTRICT (MAINLY IN SEC. 22), AND THAT THE CANYON CONTAINS THE RUINS OF AT LEAST TWO MILLS. SOME OF THE VEINS HAVE YIELDED PLACERS WHICH WERE WORKED AT A PROFIT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1981 | La Pointe, D.D. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-MAY-1987 | La Pointe, D.D. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1994 | Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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