Mine detail: Springer Mine

Previously called 'TungstenSpringer ShaftStank MineHumbolt MineSummit MineHumbolt-SpringerSutton Ii MineUncle SamNevada-MassachusettsMill City'

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Location

Lat / long: 40.78129, -118.13318

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Tin
Other material: Actinolite, Arsenopyrite, Bismuth, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Garnet, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Scheelite, Stilbite, Tremolite, Turquoise
Discovery year: 1914

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Plant

Geology

References

MRDSM060313
MAS320270048
DEP10222344
Reference{Deposit:: 206. GARNER, E. D., AND J. F. JOHNSON. SHAFT-SINKING}{Deposit:: PRACTICES AND COSTS. BUMINES B 357, 1932, PP. 1, 98.}{Deposit:: 259. HEIZER, O. F. METHODS AND COSTS OF CONCENTRATING}{Deposit:: TUNGSTEN ORE AT THE NEVADA-MASSACHUSETTS MILL, MILL CITY,}{Deposit:: NEVADA. BUMINES IC 6280, 1930, 10 PP.}{Deposit:: 260. HEIZER, O. F. METHOD AND COST OF MINING TUNGSTEN ORE}{Deposit:: AT THE NEVADA-MASSACHUSETTS CO. MINES, MILL CITY, NEVADA.}{Deposit:: BUMINES IC 6284, 1930, 13 PP.}{Deposit:: 263. HESS, F. L., AND E. S. LARSON, JR. CONTACT-}{Deposit:: METAMORPHIC TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES. U.S.}{Deposit:: GEOL. SURV. BULL. 725-D, 1921, PP. 245-309.}{Deposit:: 314. JACKSON, C. F., AND E. D. GARDNER. STOPING METHODS}{Deposit:: AND COSTS. BUMINES B 390, 1937, PP. 92-94.}{Deposit:: 329. JOHNSON, M. G. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF}{Deposit:: PRESS, NEW YORK AND LONDON, PP. 32-34.}{Deposit:: PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA. NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND}{Deposit:: GEOLOGY BULLETIN 89, 1977, 115 PP.}{Deposit:: 342. KERR, P. F. GEOLOGY OF THE TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS NEAR}{Deposit:: MILL CITY, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY}{Deposit:: BULLETIN 21, 1934, 46 PP.}{Deposit:: 343. KERR, P. F. TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION IN THE UNITED}{Deposit:: STATES. GEOL. SOC. AM. MEMOIR 15, 1946, 241 PP.}{Deposit:: 352. KING, W. H., AND G. H. HOLMES, JR. INVESTIGATION OF}{Deposit:: NEVADA- MASSACHUSETTS TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS, PERSHING COUNTY,}{Deposit:: NEVADA. BUMINES RI 4634, 1950, 6 PP.}{Deposit:: 376. LAWRENCE, E. F. ANTIMONY DEPOSITS IN NEVADA. NV}{Deposit:: BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 61, 1963, 248 PP.}{Deposit:: 421. MIDDLEBROOK, J. GEOLOGY AT TUNGSTEN, NEVADA,}{Deposit:: EMPHASIZING STRUCTURAL ASPECTS. M.S. THESIS, UNIV. NV,}{Deposit:: ,1967 1/240007, 41 PP.}{Deposit:: 478. NEVADA MINING ASSOCIATION (RENO). G.E. TO RE-OPEN}{Deposit:: TUNGSTEN MINE IN PERSHING COUNTY. NV MIN. ASSOC. BULL., V.}{Deposit:: 3, NO. 8, 1979, PP. 1-2.}{Deposit:: 608. SCHILLING, J. H. AN INVENTORY OF MOLYBDENUM}{Deposit:: OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL.}{Deposit:: REP. 2, 1962, 48 PP.}{Deposit:: 685. STATE OF NEVADA. DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS}{Deposit:: ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1980. DEP. IND. RELATIONS, NV}{Deposit:: DIV. MINE INSP., 1981, PP. 60, 62, 63.}{Deposit:: 715. TINGLEY, J. V. GUIDES TO EXPLORATION IN THE SIERRA}{Deposit:: NEVADA TUNGSTEN PROVINCE. M.S. THESIS, MACKAY SCHOOL OF}{Deposit:: MINES, UNIV. NV, RENO, NV, 1963, PP. 1, 47, FIG. 15.}{Deposit:: 739. VAN DENBURGH, A. S. RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING}{Deposit:: DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA. BUMINES IC 6902,}{Deposit:: 1936, 56PP.}{Deposit:: 774. WARNER, L. A., W. T. HOLSER, V. R. WILMARTH, AND E.}{Deposit:: N. CAMERON. LOCALITIES IN NEVADA. CH. IN OCCURRENCE OF}{Deposit:: NONPEGMATITE BERYLLIUM IN THE UNITED STATES. U.S. GEOL.}{Deposit:: SURV. PROF. PAPER 318, 1959, PP. 63-85.}{Deposit:: 830. WORLD MINING (SAN FRANCISCO) WHA* GOING ON IN}{Deposit:: WORLD MINING - UNITED STATES: NEVADA; UTAH ANNOUNCES PLANS}{Deposit:: TO REOPEN SPRINGER MINE. V. 32, NO. 13, 1979, P. 82.}{Deposit:: 846. YIH, S. W. H., AND C. T. WANG. TUNGSTEN - SOURCES,}{Deposit:: METALLURGY, PROPERTIES, AND APPLICATIONS. PLENUM PRESS,}{Deposit:: NEW YORK AND LONDON, 1980, PP. 32-34.}{Deposit:: 848. ZADRA, J. B. MILLING AND PROCESSING TUNGSTEN.}{Deposit:: BUMINES IC 7912, 1959, 120 PP.}{Ownership:: NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1991, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE}{Ownership:: OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1990, P. 76.}
ReporterSpear, James M.