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Constant Placers

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Mercury, Tungsten, Tin, Titanium, Metal
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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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042452
MRDS ID M060253
Record type Site
Current site name Constant Placers

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.3932, 40.36489 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 1/4 MILE N OF MONTEZUMA MINE, Unknown Precision +/- 1000 M-Placer Operations Cover A Large Area.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Arabia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 034N 029E 15 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON WEST FLANK OF ROSEBUD PEAK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Mercury Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Cinnabar Ore
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Bindheimite Gangue
Plumbojarosite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.3932, 40.36489
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 35-70E

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOLD OCCURS AS FLAT NUGGETS RANGING FROM A FEW CENTS TO A FEW DOLLARS IN WEIGHT VALUE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rabbit Hole District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Constant Mineral Separation Co.
    Last year 1940

Comments on the production information

  • JERSEY MINE CONTAINED 40 OZ AG/TON. TOTAL PRODUCTION FOR DISTRICT, WHICH INCLUDES ELECTRIC AND JERSEY MINES LISTED IN MONTEZUMA MINE REPORT

Comments on the workings information

  • MANY DOZER CUTS (1985)

Comments on development

  • PLACER MINE WAS NOT ACTIVE AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1985.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 7 JUN 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION NOTES.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M. G., 1973, USGS BULL 1356, P. 72-73.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS IN A LARGE ALLUVIAL FAN EXTENDING WESTWARD FROM ROSEBUD PEAK. THE FAN CONSISTS OF BOTH ANGULAR AND ROUNDED ROCK FRAGMENTS INCLUDING RHYOLITE, ANDESITE, QUARTZ, SILICIFIED FAULT BRECCIA, AND PHYLLITE. THE GRAVELS OVERLIE A CLAY LAYER WHICH UNDERLIES THE ENTIRE PLACER AREA AND FORMS A FALSE BEDROCK HORIZON SEPARATING GOLD-BEARING GRAVELS FROM UNDERLYING BARREN GRAVELS. MOST OF THE PLACER MINING ACTIVITY WAS CONCENTRATED IN GULLIES THAT DISSECT THE FAN. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-79 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAR-86 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-JAN-81 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-94 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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