Is this an underground spring?

Good morning. I'm new to the site but I had some questions I thought might be able to get answered here.

I recently had a livestock pond developed to capture rain water and run off during the spring season. Upon doing that, we discovered a year round wet spot in the tank. Yesterday, I dug in to the top side of the dry pond and hit soggy mud 12 inches down. The shovel hole filled to about 4 inches of water in less than 5 minutes. I'm attaching pictures for reference.

Is this a spring? Something worth exposing and setting a catch tank, etc? I would like to have it feed the pond but am not experienced in doing this.

Any help would be appreciated.

Edit* I'm adding another photo that shows what the water looks like typically before the wildlife drink it up.

Hi Diego,

Welcome to Permies.

I dont think it is a spring, they keep flowing.
But springs can be ruining bt digging around them sometimes.
We are dealing with underground water paths that can be disturbed.
I think it may be groundwater that is often around, but is usually static in nature.
I can add it is best to keep stock away from the water, trap the water and pipe it to a water trough.
`your 'tank', we call them dams. will be clogged up by thye stock and the water source may be damaged.

To me. that is probably your water table though I don't know.

Stick in a culvert and call it a well.

Still not a spring ...

Maybe a seep? Somewhere here on Permies is a thread thad defines the differences between a spring, a seep, and maybe another water source. Maybe some one with better search skills can find it? I've not had luck this go around.

In the meantime, here is a page describing the 12 types of springs. That site also describes how to refurbish a degraded spring. Perhaps the information is useful even if your wet spot is not a spring.

And here's another possibly helpful site. Clean water for laymen.

Oh, and welcome to Permies!