Mine detail: Spring City Mines

Previously called 'Mount RoseMontroseParadise Valley'

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Location

Lat / long: 41.59989, -117.45097

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc, Copper, Iron
Ore: Argentite, Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1868

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1879

Geology

Host type:Slate,Schist,Shale
Associated type:Rhyolite,Granite

References

MRDSW016309
DEP10099715
Reference{Deposit:: VANDERBURG, W.O., 1938, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICT IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM INF. CIRC. 6995.}{Deposit:: WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG, BULL. VOL. 59.}{Deposit:: DECKER, D.J., 1974, MINERAL RESOURCE OWNERSHIP INVESTIGATION, NEVADA GARVEY RANCH, HUMBOLDT AND ELKO COUNTIES, NEVADA: UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON FILE AT NBMG, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, ITEM 1.}{Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., 1915, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE NATIONAL MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA; USGS,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.}
ReporterLa Pointe, D.D., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)