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Mill Gulch

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Tungsten
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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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044898
MRDS ID M232527
Record type Site
Current site name Mill Gulch

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.68065, 40.31297 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tenabo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crescent Valley(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 Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028N 047E 08,09 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Electrum Ore
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore

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) -116.68065, 40.31297
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form CHANNELS, BLANKET
    Thickness 9.14M
    Length 4827.9M
    Width 91.44M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MILL GULCH IS A SHALLOW RAVINE SEVERAL MILES LONG AND 200-300 FEET WIDE. DEPTH TO BEDROCK AVERAGES ABOUT 30 FEET. GOLD IS BOTH FINE (Z920) AND COARSE, A LITTLE SCHEELITE IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE GOLD.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1935
Year of first production 1935

Mining district

District name Bullion

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Mill Gulch Placer Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • A LITTLE SCHEELITE ACCOMPANIED THE AU BUT THERE IS NO RECORD OF THE QUANTITY RECOVERED OR IF ANY PRODUCTION WAS SOLD

Comments on development

  • MILL GULCH PLACER MINING CO. PURCHASED AND LOCATED A LARGE NUMBER OF CLAIMS. IN THE 1930'S, THIS MINE WAS ACTIVE IN THE LATE 1930'S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAGER, H. K. (1977) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO., N.B.M. BULL 88

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W. O. (1939) RECONAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN LANDER CO. NEVLK USBM I.C. 7043

  • Deposit

    USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 70, REFERENCE NO. 3201500122

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    JOHNSON, M. G., 1973. NBM BULL., STAGER H.K. (IN PREP. JAN. 1984)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STREAM GRAVELS CONTAINING GOLD, ELECTRUM AND A LITTLE SCHEELITE
Deposit THE MILL GULCH PLACER MINING CO. PURCHASED AND LOCATED A LARGE NUMBER OF CLAIMS IN THE TENABO AREA IN THE 1930'S. THE MINE WAS ACTIVE DURING THE LATE 1930'S. WATER FOR THE PLACER OPERATIONS WAS OBTAINED FROM A WELL IN THE VALLEY TO THE EAST.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1930'S

Reporter information

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

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