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Unnamed Placer Deposit

Past 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. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042635
MRDS ID M060493
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Placer Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.60318, 40.45823 (WGS84)
Elevation 1457

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Tobin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Creek Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 030N 039E 21 Nevada

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.60318, 40.45823
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Goldbanks 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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    DREYER, R.M., 1940, GOLDBANKS MINING DISTRICT, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 33

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GRAVELS AT THE FOOT OF THE HILLS, WHERE GOLD MERGER MINES ARE LOCATED, IN WHICH GOLD LODES ARE SITUATED, WAS PROBABLY THE SOURCE FOR THE SMALL AMOUNT OF PLACER GOLD RECOVERED FROM THE AREA IN 1949. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1980 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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