| Deposit ID | 10270759 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M233574 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0320230732 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Georgey Placer Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Georgey Mine, Georgey No. 1, Georgey No. 5, Georgey No. 2 |
| Related records | 10045757 |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.0009, 38.53883 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1975 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Nye(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Manhattan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(hydrologic unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Nye |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 008 N | 043 E | 23 | S2NE | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Ore Body (1) | -117.0009, 38.53883 |
|---|
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Lang Electric |
| Home office | Nevada |
| Year | 1981 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0320230732 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M233574 | MAS references MRDS |
NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY. THE NEVADA MINERAL
INDUSTRY 1981: SPECIAL PUBLICATION MI-1981, 1982, 44 PP.
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 723, 1924, PLATE 18
(FERGUSON).
AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT PART OF THE TOQUIMA
RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE EDITH AND FOOLEM CLAIMS WERE PRE-1924 PLACER CLAIMS ADJACENT AND SOUTH OF GEORGEY CLAIMS, ON MANHATTAN GULCH PLACERS. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY LUMPS ALL OF THESE CLAIMS TOGETHER. IN 1981 MAMMOTH RESOURCES, VANCOUVER, B.C., EXAMINED GEORGEY NOS. 1 AND 2 PATENTED CLAIMS THAT COVER PART OF THE MANHATTAN GULCH PLACER. MR. OWEN MECHER WAS OWNER, AND IT WAS LEASED TO JACK MANHIRE AND HARRY LANG (LANG ELECTRIC). A 2 MAN, 20 CUBIC YARD PER DAY WASHING OPERATION WAS CONDUCTED WITH WATER FROM NEARBY SPRINGS AND POND. SAMPLING YIELDED FROM 0.02 TO 0.054 OUNCE PER CUBIC YARD. ACCORDING TO ASSESSORS RECORDS IN 1988 THIS PATENTED PROPERTY IS OWNED BY GOLD SEEKER RESOURCES, LTD, VANCOUVER, B.C. THIS AREA WAS BEING REWORKED IN 1993, BY LEASORS, FROM BOB BOTTOM, TONOPAH, NV. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 06-DEC-96 | Schmauch, Steven W. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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