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Ray White Placer Claims

Past Producer in Esmeralda 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 10044588
MRDS ID M232092
Record type Site
Current site name Ray White Placer Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.54175, 37.36606 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position IN TULE CANYON, 3 MILES SOUTH OF MAGRUDER MTN., To Within 0.5 Miles., To Within 0.5 Miles., To Within 0.5 Miles.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tule Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Last Chance Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Death Valley-Lower Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006S;007S 040E;040E 33,34;03,04 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result SIX FEET OF MATERIAL ABOVE THE BEDROCK AVERAGED $2 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) -117.54175, 37.36606
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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 Lida District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Layton, E. E.
    Home office Goldfield, Nevada.
    First year 1935

Comments on the production information

  • AMOUNT UNKNOWN

Comments on the workings information

  • FOUR EXPLORATORY SHAFTS WERE SUNK IN THE CANYON. ACTUAL MINING IS WITH A MECHANICAL SHOVEL AND SCRAPER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W.O., 1936, PLACER MINING IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 27, P. 81-82

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE AVERAGE DEPTH TO BEDROCK IS 16 FEET.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-81 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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