Little Valley Placers

Past Producer in Washoe 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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10247300
MAS/MILS ID 0320310083
Record type Site
Current site name Little Valley Placers

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -119.8829, 39.2424 (WGS84)
Elevation 2194
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Marlette Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Truckee(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016 N 019 E 19 E2NENE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -119.8829, 39.2424

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 70,1969,P.69

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL46,1947,P.69

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-MAR-93 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.