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Gamble Placer

Occurrence in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tin, Iron
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044843
MRDS ID M232457
Record type Site
Current site name Gamble Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.87788, 40.9374 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Izzenhood Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Battle Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 035N 045E 02 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.87788, 40.9374
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvium Accumalated Under Flash Flood Conditions, With Very Little Sorting, As A Result There Has Not Been Much Cassiterite Concentration.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Izenhood

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAGE H.K. (1977) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF HANDER CO. NEV., NEVADA BUR. OF MINES BULL 88

  • Deposit

    USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 225, REF. NO. 3201500134, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 72.100

  • Deposit

    FRIES CARL (1941) TIN DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN LANDER CO., NEVADA. USGS BULL 931-L

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLACER DEPOSIT IN ALLUVIUM AT BASE OF RHYOLITE RIDGE. CASSITERITE CONCENTRATIONS PRESENT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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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