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Gold Nuggett Placer

Past Producer in Nye 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044424
MRDS ID M231841
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Nuggett Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.59261, 38.94964 (WGS84)
Elevation 2042
Relative position JUST NW OF IONE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ione(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky 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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 039E 33 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • PROPERTY CONSIST OF 11 CLAIMS. COVERS 1760 ACRES.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result 1951-AN AREA OF 300 FT BY 2,400 FT BY 1 FT DEEP AVERAGED $1.25 PER CUBIC YARD.

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) -117.59261, 38.94964
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Adjacent To And Below The Rhyolite Gold Deposits.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOLD IS FOUND IN SURFACE DEBRIS AND IN 1-2-FT THICK GRAVELS OVERLYING CALICHE LAYERS DOWNSLOPE FROM TERTIARY GOLD VEINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1909
Discoverer Joe And Frank Bastian Of Round Mountain And William B. Pate Of Tonopah.
Year of first production 1909

Mining district

District name Union District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bastian, Joe And Frank And Pate, William B.
    First year 1951

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 35-90 FT DEEP TEST HOLES.

Comments on development

  • WORKED INTERMITTENTLY FROM 1909-1911

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL 50, P. 197-198

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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