| Lat / long: | 40.56714, -114.81144 |
| Primary: | Lead, Silver |
| Secondary: | Copper, Zinc |
| Ore: | Copper, Galena, Lead, Pyrite |
| Gangue: | Actinolite, Chlorite, Kaolin, Limonite |
| Orebody form: | TABULAR, PIPE-LIKE |
| Discovery year: | 1872 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1872 |
| Host type: | Limestone |
| Associated type: | Granite |
| Structure: | Thrust Fault, Major N-S Fault |
| Alteration processes: | Sericitization-Kaolinization |
| MRDS | M233961 |
| DEP | 10046051 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: SCHRADER, F.C., 1931, SPRUCE MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, ELKO COUNTY, U OF N BULL, VOL. XXV, NO. 7}{Deposit:: HILL, JAMES M., 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, USGS BULL 648}{Deposit:: MINES REQUESTER 1937}{Deposit:: WILSON, C.L., 1937, THE GEOLOGY OF THE BLACK FOREST MINE AREA, SPRUCE MOUNTAIN, NEVADA, THESIS U. OF ARIZONA}{Deposit:: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES FILES #77} |
| Reporter | Tingley, J.V. |