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Solomon Placer

Prospect in White Pine 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046968
MRDS ID M242200
Record type Site
Current site name Solomon Placer
Alternate or previous names Claims: Solomon 1-4, 6, 7, Mav 5a-5h

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.39863, 39.09272 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position To One Of Several Fans Worked

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hogum(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring-Steptoe Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014N;014N 068E;067E 07,18;12 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION UNKNOWN, BUT ENCOMPASSES 3 OR 4 ALLUVIAL FANS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COULD CONTAIN 19 MILLION YDS UP TO 0.81 OZ/AU/YD.

Analytical data

Result PAST ASSAYS OF FAN MATERIAL RAN 0.038-0.56 OZ AU/CU. YD.

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 > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.39863, 39.09272
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form FANS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Osceola

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lobell Oil And Gas
    First year 1980

Comments on development

  • IN 1981, GOLDWINN RESOURCES ACQUIRED AN OPTION TO BUY 33 1/3% OF THE PROPERTY, WITH WESTERN CONSOLIDATED MINES OF DENVER COLO., WITH TECK CORP AS OPERATOR. TARGET DATE FOR PRODUCTION WAS THEN MARCH, 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING RECORD, 6-10-81, 12-15-82

  • Deposit

    NEV. MINING ASSOC BULL, JULY 1981

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, 11-13-80, 4-9-81, 7-24-80

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROBABLY ENCOMPASSES SOME OF THE EARLIER PLACER OPERATIONS IN THE OSCEOLA DISTRICT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit 1000 ACRE PLACER - 14 UNPATENTED CLAIMS ON 3-4 ALLUVIAL FANS CONTAINING AS MUCH AS 20 MILLION CUBIC YARDS OF MATERIAL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-83 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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