Pattani Springs Deposit

Past Producer in Elko 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10310564
MRDS ID RE00267
Record type Site
Current site name Pattani Springs Deposit
Alternate or previous names Spaghetti Creek
Related records 10055199

Comments on the site identification

  • All material from earlier MRDS record RE00267 has been incorporated into this record and updated.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.98481, 41.34907 (WGS84)
Elevation 2230

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mahala Creek West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Double Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Owyhee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 040N 053E 23 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 172
USGS model code 26a
Deposit model name Carbonate-hosted Au-Ag
Mark3 model number 15

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.98481, 41.34907

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1988
Year of last production 1989

Mining district

District name Independence Mountains
District name Jerritt Canyon District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Elko District U S Forest Service
Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Queenstake Resources
    Year 2006

Comments on other economic factors

  • Reported reserves in 1985 were 450 kilotonnes of ore grading 0.12 ounes of gold per tonne fora total of 54,000 contained ounces of gold.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-2006 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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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