Mine detail: Spence Claims

Previously called 'Spence Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.56659, -114.80255

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Malachite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1916

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Nnw Trending Fault

References

MRDS	M233940
DEP	10046033
Reference	{Deposit:: HILL, JAMES M., (1916), NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, USGS BULL 698}{Deposit:: SCHRADER, F.C., 1931, SPRUCE MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, ELKO COUNTY U. OF N. BULL., VOL XXV, NO. 7}
Reporter	Tingley, J.V.