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Penrod Group Placer

Past Producer in Elko 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045492
MRDS ID M233251
Record type Site
Current site name Penrod Group Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.7237, 41.73268 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cornwall Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jarbidge Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Owyhee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 044N;044N 055E;056E 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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.7237, 41.73268
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Economic information

Ore body information

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Comments on the geologic information

  • THE GOLD IS DERIVED FROM QUARTZ VEINS IN THE VICINITY (REVELT)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1874
Discoverer E. Penrod
Year of first production 1874

Mining district

District name Island Mountain

Comments on development

  • PLACER WAS WORKED BY 2 HYDRAULIC GIANTS IN LATE 1874

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, R. M. (1976) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV., USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    REVETT, R. S. (1894) LETTER ON THE ISLAND MOUNTAIN PLACERS, NEV. BUR. OF MINES, MINING DISTRICT FILES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLACER DEPOSIT IN STREAM GRAVELS
Deposit LOCATED IN 1874 BY E. PENROD, THE PLACER IS LOCATED NEAR THE MOUTH OF HOPE GULCH. THE OCCURRENCE WAS WORKED BY TWO HYDRAULIC GIANTS IN LATE 1874 ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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