Kesilgore Placer

Prospect in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10173739
MAS/MILS ID 0320010364
Record type Site
Current site name Kesilgore Placer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.76207, 39.22071 (WGS84)
Elevation 1353
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Russell Spit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs Valley(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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016 N 029 E 29 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Alluvium, undifferentiated

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Charles M. Hoover
    Year 1951

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINE MAP REPOSITORY (WFOC), REEL M-24,

  • Deposit

    FRAME 489.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-APR-94 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.