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Constant Placers

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Mercury, Tungsten, Tin, Titanium, Metal
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042449
MRDS ID M060251
Record type Site
Current site name Constant Placers
Related records 10295228

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.71599, 40.81571 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sulphur(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 034N 029E 15 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON WEST FLANK OF ROSEBUD PEAK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Mercury Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Cinnabar Ore
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Older gravels
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET, GULLIES

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOLD OCCURS IN THE FORM OF FLAT NUGGETS THAT RANGED FROM A FEW CENTS TO A FEW DOLLARS IN WEIGHT VALUE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rabbit Hole District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89

  • Production

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS IN A LARGE ALLUVIAL FAN EXTENDING WESTWARD FROM ROSEBUD PEAK. THE FAN CONSISTS OF BOTH ANGULAR AND ROUNDED ROCK FRAGMENTS OF RHYOLITE, ANDESITE, QUARTZ, SILICIFIED FAULT BRECCIA, AND PHYLLITE. THE GRAVELS OVERLIE A CLAY LAYER WHICH UNDERLIES THE ENTIRE PLACER AREA AND FORMS A FALSE BEDROCK HORIZON SEPARATING GOLD-BEARING GRAVELS FROM UNDERLYING BARREN GRAVELS. MOST OF THE PLACER MINING ACTIVITY WAS CONCENTRATED IN GULLIES THAT DISSECT THE FAN. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Johnson, Maureen G. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-JAN-1981 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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