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Gold Creek Placers

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10197371
MAS/MILS ID 0320070695
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Creek Placers

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -115.68092, 41.7366 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 044 N 056 E 05 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO LOCATED IN SECTIONS 8, AND IN T44N, R56E, SEC. 32.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -115.68092, 41.7366
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Island Mountain District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, ROSCOE M. MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. OPEN-FILE REPORT 1976-56. 1976, P. 87.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-83 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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