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Sheep Creek Placer

Past Producer in Eureka 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044102
MRDS ID M231436
Record type Site
Current site name Sheep Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.34176, 40.92101 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rodeo Creek NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Battle Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle 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 Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 035N 050E 10,11,15 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result THE RECOVERED GOLD AVERAGED 920 TO 960 FINE

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
    Rock unit name Stream Gravel
    Rock description Stream Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.34176, 40.92101
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE GOLD IS PROBABLY DERIVED FROM MINERALIZED SHEAR ZONES IN CHERT & SHALE OF THE VININI FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Lynn District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R. J., ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., N. B. M. BULL. 64

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE GRAVLES OCCUPY A CHANNEL 25-40 FT. WIDE AND 8 FT. DEEP. THE GOLD IS CONCENTRATED IN THE LOWERMOST 1 1/2 TO 4 FT. ABOVE BEDROCK
Deposit PLACERS WERE CONCENTRATED IN THAT PART OF THE CREEK BED THAT TRENDS SOUTH FOR 1/2 MILE. THE GRAVELS IN THIS AREA OCCUPY A CHANNEL 25-40 FEET WIDE AND 8 FEET DEEP. THE GOLD IS CONCENTRATED IN THE LOWERMOST 1 1/2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE BEDROCK ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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