| Deposit ID | 10042542 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M060365 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Limerick Basin Placer |
| Alternate or previous names | Panama Placers, Limerick Canyon Placers |
| Related records | 10247242 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.16625, 40.31823 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1859 |
| Relative position | HEAD OF LIMERICK CANYON |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pershing(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Rochester(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)
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Pershing |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 028N | 034E | 04,05 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Model code | 119 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 39a |
| Deposit model name | Placer Au-PGE |
| Mark3 model number | 54 |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel |
| (1) | -118.16625, 40.31823 |
|---|
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1913 |
| District name | Rochester District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 9.14M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M060365 |
JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89
KNOPF, A., 1924, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF ROCHESTER DISTRICT, NEVADA; USGS BULL. 762
SCHRADER, F.C., 1914, ROCHESTER MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: IN USGS BULL. 580
VIKRE, P.G., 1978, GEOLOGY AND SILVER MINERALIZATION OF THE ROCHESTER DISTRICT, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA, PH.D. THESIS STANFORD UNIV.
BONHAM, H. F., JR., 25 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION OF THE PLACERS
NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
JOHNSON, M. G., 1973, USGS BULL 1356, P. 76-78.
BERGENDAHL, M. 4., 1965, NBMG BULL 65, P. 87-100.
VANDERBURG, U. 0., 1936, NBMG BULL 27, P. 152-154.
VANDERBURG, W. O., 1936, USBM IC 6902, P. 28-30.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | GOLD WAS DISCOVERED IN 1913 IN GRAVEL IN BROAD BASIN AT THE HEAD OF LIMERICK CANYON. PLACERS WERE WORKED BY SINKING SHAFTS TO BEDROCK AND DRIFTING ON BEDROCK. DEEPEST SHAFT IS 30 FEET. SOURCES OF PLACERS WERE THE GOLD LODES OF THE HAGAN AND PLAINVIEW MINES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Deposit | SOURCE OF PLACERS WERE THE LODES OF THE HAGAN AND PLAINVIEW MINES.. A BROAD UPLAND BASIN, PROBABLY FORMED IN THE PLEISTOCENE; LIMERICK CANYON IS MUCH STEEPER AND IS ERODING BACK IN-TO THE BASIN. THE GOLD IN THE PLACER APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN DEPO-SITED IN A SINUOUS STREAM CHANNEL OF PLEISTOCENE AGE. THE PLAC-ERS ARE IN HOLOCENE GRAVELS, REWORKED FROM THE LIMERICK BASIN -AREA. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1973 | Johnson, Maureen G. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAY-1986 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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