Nevada · Pershing County
Plant

Springer Mine

Pershing County, Nevada, United States
TungstenMolybdenumTin
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Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
SecondaryMolybdenum
TertiaryTin
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Other materialsActinolite, Arsenopyrite, Bismuth, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Garnet, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Scheelite, Stilbite, Tremolite, Turquoise
Economic & production
Development statusPlant
Discovery year1914
Identification
Deposit ID10222344
MRDS IDM060313
Alternate namesTungsten, Springer Shaft, Stank Mine, Humbolt Mine, Summit Mine, Humbolt-Springer, Sutton Ii Mine, Uncle Sam, Nevada-Massachusetts, Mill City
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates40.78129, -118.13318
References
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