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West Side Placer

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044852
MRDS ID M232467
Record type Site
Current site name West Side Placer
Alternate or previous names Gold Pirate Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.23512, 40.32962 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McCoy(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Creek Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Reese(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 028N 042E 02 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

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) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.23512, 40.32962
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE GOLD RECOVERED IN 1924 WAS 756 FINE AND PRESUMABLY DERIVED FROM THE GOLD-LODE DEPOSITS BY EROSION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1924
Year of first production 1924

Mining district

District name Mccoy

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL

Comments on development

  • PLACER GOLD PRODUCTION WAS REPORTED IN 1924, 1935 AND 1939

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAGER H.K. (1977) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO., N.B.M. BULL 88

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON M.G. (1973) PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, USGS BULL 1356

  • Production

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1973

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE SMALL WORKINGS ARE TO THE WEST OF THE GOLD DOME MINE PLACER GOLD PRODUCTION WAS REPORTED IN 1924, 1935, AND 1939.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-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.

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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