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Basin Placer

Past Producer in Humboldt 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. Ore body information
  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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045110
MRDS ID M232775
Record type Site
Current site name Basin Placer
Alternate or previous names Bason Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.68184, 41.64015 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Duffer Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denio(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 043N 029E 19,20 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR UPPER END OF LEONARD CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold 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) -118.68184, 41.64015
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET, CHANNELS
    Thickness 7.32M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRAVEL DEPTH RANGES FROM 2 TO 24 FT., AVERAGING 12 FT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Leonard Creek Placer

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Paul A. Tarpy And Assoc.
    First year 1937
  • Type Owner
    Owner Alley, A. And Curry, L.
    First year 1937

Comments on the production information

  • UNKNOWN AMOUNT

Comments on the workings information

  • 33 SAMPLING SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W.O., 1938, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA: USBM INF. CIRC. 6995

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 40 ACRES, 3-30FT DEEP.
Deposit 40 ACRES, OWNED IN 1937 BY A. ALLEY AND L. CURRY AND UNDER LEASE TO PAUL A. TARPY & ASSOC. - WORKED ON A SMALL SCALE BY SLUICING & ROCKING. 33 SAMPLING SHAFTS DOT THE PROPERTY ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAY-1987 La Pointe, D.D. U.S. Geological Survey

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