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Spanish Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103958
MRDS ID M231759
Record type Site
Current site name Spanish Mine
Alternate or previous names Nevada Spanish Silver 8 Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.27342, 38.29743 (WGS84)
Elevation 1905
Relative position 1.5 MILES SE OF LIBERTY MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Liberty Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern 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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005N 042E 16 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • APPROXIMATE LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Analytical data

Result CHIP SAMPLES AVERAGED 3.58 OZ/TON AG OVER A 0.98 M WIDTH. UP TO 29.9 OZ/TON AG REPORTED OVER 1.58 M WIDTH.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.27342, 38.29743
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 60 W
    Dip 40 NE
    Width 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Footwall Is A Smooth Fault Plane

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1854
Discoverer Mexicans

Mining district

District name San Antone District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Joe Clifford Of Stone Cabin Landmark Resources
    Home office Vancouver, B. C., Canada
    First year 1980

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO SHAFTS, 176 FT AND 66 FT DEEP, AND AN OPEN CUT, 100 FT LONG, 8 FT DEEP. MAIN VEIN EXPOSED BY TRENCHING OVER A STRIKE LENGTH OF 76 M.

Comments on development

  • LANDMARK PROPOSED A $25000 PROGRAM OF SOIL AND ROCK GEOCHEMISTRY, GEOLOGIC MAPPING AND STRIPPING IN 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 158-159

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

  • Deposit

    THE NORTHERN MINER, AUGUST 21, 1980.

  • Production

    KRAL, 1951, P. 159

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (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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