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Wadley Placer Mine

Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042617
MRDS ID M060467
Record type Site
Current site name Wadley Placer Mine
Related records 10150366

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.81763, 40.53323 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lee Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(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 031N 036E 11 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 SE 1/4 SEC. 11

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold 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) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.81763, 40.53323
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • AURIFEROUS GRAVEL FORM SMALL BASINS IN UPPER PART O F WILLOW CREEK. AT WADLEY IT IS OVERLAIN BY 15 TO 30 FEET OF SURFICIAL ALLUVIUM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Willow Creek District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ro-Mac Was Placering In The Canyon Below Wadley
    First year 1984

Comments on the production information

  • ESTIMATED 4000 OZ. AU FOR ALL WILLOW CREEK PLACERS

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL EARTH-MOVING EQUIPMENT WAS USED TO DELIVER GRAVEL TO A CENTRAL WASHING PLANT. DRAGLINE OPERATIONS WERE CARRIED OUT IN 1959-60.

Comments on development

  • MOST ACTIVITY TOOK PLACE BETWEEN 1938 AND 1964. DRAGLINE OPERATIONS WERE CARRIED ON IN 1959-60.. ACTIVE PLACERING BY RO-MAC IN CANYON BELOW WADLEY IN 1984.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1973, PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; USGS BULL. 1356

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY-NORTHERN NEVADA & NORTHWESTERN UTAH-SUMMARY OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1955-1961, V. 1, SO. PACIFIC CO, PACIFIC CO, SAN FRANCISCO, PA G5 NBMG

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L. J., 8 OCT 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AURIFEROUS GRAVEL FROM SMALL BASINS IN UPPER PART OF WILLOW CREEK. AT WADLEY IT IS OVERLAIN BY 15 TO 30 FT OF SURFICAL ALLUVIUM.
Deposit MOST PLACER ACTIVITY IN WILLOW CREEK TOOK PLACE BETWEEN 1938 AND 1964. SMALL EARTH-MOVING EQUIPMENT WAS USED TO DELIVER THE GRAVELS TO A CENTRAL WASHING PLANT. IN 1949 & 1950 GRAVELS CONTAINING $1.85 AND $0.24 IN GOLD PER CUBIC YARD WAS MINED AT THE WADLEY MINE. DRAGLINE OPERATIONS WERE CARRIED ON IN 1959-60 IN THE N-S TRENDING PART OF CREEK BETWEEN THE THACKER AND WADLEY PLACER MINES. SOURCE OF GOLD, GOLD-BEARING CALCITE & QUARTZ VEINS EXPOSED NEAR HEADWATERS OF WILLOW CREEK. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

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