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Nevada Industrial Placer

Past Producer in Washoe 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043873
MRDS ID M231165
Record type Site
Current site name Nevada Industrial Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.8699, 39.59545 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Reno(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Honey-Eagle Lakes(hydrologic unit)

North Lahontan(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 020N 019E 16 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

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) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.8699, 39.59545
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 457.2M
    Width 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Peavine District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • HILL (1915, P 193-4) STATES THAT THE PLACER GOLD WAS PRESUMABLY DERIVED FROM AURIFEROUS PYRITE PRESENT IN A PYRITIZED, HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED INTRUSIVE WHICH IS CUT BY THE RAVINE CONTAINING THE PLACER DEPOSITS. THE AREA WAS WORKED IN THE PERIOD 1871-81, AND AGAIN IN THE 1890'S (BONHAM, P 78)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, HF, GEOL & MIN DEP WASHOE & STOREY CO, NEV, NBMG BULL 70, 1969

  • Deposit

    OVERTON, TD, MIN RES DOUGLAS, ORMSBY, WASHOE CO, NEV, NBMG, BULL 46, 1947

  • Deposit

    HILL, JM, USGS BULL 594, 1915

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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