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Leonard Creek Placers

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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045111
MRDS ID M232776
Record type Site
Current site name Leonard Creek Placers

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.71545, 41.54071 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bishop 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 042N 028E 01,12,13,24,25,36 Nevada

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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.71545, 41.54071
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Channels

Comments on the geologic information

  • VALUES IN GOLD DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT ALLUVIUM TO BEDROCK OF SOFT TUFA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1931
Year of first production 1932

Mining district

District name Leonard Creek District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • $5,000. WORTH OF GOLD PRODUCED PRIOR TO 1938

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL.59.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1940, GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE OF HOLDINGS OF SHARNIEL MINING COMPANY, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON FILE AT NBMG.

  • Production

    WILLDEN, R., 1964

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 20 FT DEEP GRAVELS
Deposit IN 1931, 1500 ACRES ABOVE THE MONTERO RANCH WAS ORGANIZED AS LEONARD CREEK PLACERS LTD. IN 1932, SEVERAL MINERS WERE WORKING PLACERS ON TEPEE AND SNOW CREEKS, TRIBUTARIES TO LEONARD CREEK ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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