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Spenser Hot Springsshs Nos. 1-192

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Molybdenum, 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. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10198512
MRDS ID M030019
MAS/MILS ID 0320150011
Record type Site
Current site name Spenser Hot Springsshs Nos. 1-192
Alternate or previous names Linka, Garnetite, Spruce Mt, Toiyabe Claims, Spenser Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.83672, 39.32802 (WGS84)
Elevation 1792
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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 017 N 045+E 12 SENESE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Epidote Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Molybdenite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Scheelite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.83672, 39.32802
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 46M
    Length 153M
    Width 12M
    Area 2.3HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONATE SILIC
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 2.3
    Date of Last Modification 820222

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1941

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Consolidated Uranium Mines Inc.
    Home office Utah
    Year 1972

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 458M
    Overall depth 64M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    Length of Inclines (m) 40
    Capacity 100
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 15
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1973

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCKEE, E. H. GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN PART OF THE TOQUIMA

  • Deposit

    RANGE, LANDER, EUREKA, AND NYE COUNTIES, NEVADA. U.S.

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    GEOGLICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 931, 1976, P. 47.

  • Deposit

    STEWART, J. H., E. H. MCKEE, AND H. K. STAGER. GEOLOGY AND

  • Deposit

    MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA. NEVADA BUREAU

  • Deposit

    MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 88, 1977, P. 96.

  • Deposit

    U.S. SENATE. MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEVADA. 88TH

  • Deposit

    CONGRESS, 2D SESSION, SENATE DOCUMENT 87, JULY 23, 1964,

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    PP.126, 130, 156, AND 159. (ALSO PUBLISHED AS NEVADA

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 65.)

  • Deposit

    STEGER AND TINGLEY, 1988, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY

  • Deposit

    GULLETIN 105, P. 103.

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED REPORT, AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT

  • Deposit

    PART OF THE TOQUIMA RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS

  • Deposit

    TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GENERAL LOCATION; ABOUT 27 KM SE OF AUSTIN. GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY: SMALL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-OCT-1994 Schmauch, Steven W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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