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Silver City Placers

Past Producer in Lyon 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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10310386
MRDS ID MP90065
Record type Site
Current site name Silver City Placers
Alternate or previous names Dayton Dredging Co. Mine, Rae Placers, Oro-Neva Dredging Co. placers

Comments on the site identification

  • This record incorporates contains all information in earlier MRDS record MP90065 for some of the Silver City Placer mines plus additional updated material.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.75097, 39.22713 (WGS84)

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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016N 021E 16 23 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • The deposits are located in Gold Canyon near Silver City.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Ore Materials: GOLD

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

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 > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Quaternary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.75097, 39.22713
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Folded and deformed Triassic rocks, Mesozoic intrusions, faults and fissures.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • stream bed, channels.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1849
Discoverer Mormons
Year of first production 1849

Mining district

District name Silver City District

Land status

Ownership category Private
Area name Carson City BLM Administrative District

Comments on other economic factors

  • 1941-42, 1946-47, 1952-54: Abt. 38 K oz Au
    1920-23: Combined Rae and Manuel King (Sec. 22) placers: 14,621 oz Au, 7,482 oz Ag; 1940: 3,365 oz Au, 1,703 oz Ag from 644,455 cu. yds.

Comments on development

  • A dragline and floating washer plant were used in the early 1940s.

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-2005 LaPointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Editor 01-SEP-2007 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey Converted from S&A FileMaker format to Oracle. Edit checks on rocks, units, and ages with Geolex search, and other fields.

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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