| Deposit ID | 10044918 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M232553 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Janke Claims |
| Alternate or previous names | Barrel Springs Canyon Placers |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.73766, 40.77571 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pershing(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Sulphur(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Quinn(hydrologic unit)
Black Rock Desert(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 | 034N | 029E | 29 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Titanium, Metal Critical | Tertiary |
| Tungsten Critical | Tertiary |
| Tin Critical | Tertiary |
| Mercury | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cassiterite | Ore |
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| 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) | -118.73766, 40.77571 |
|---|
| General form | BLANKET |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 3.66M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1935 |
| Year of first production | 1935 |
| District name | Rabbit Hole District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M232553 |
JOHNSON, M. G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89
VANDERBURG, 1936, PLACER MINING IN NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 30 NO. 4
JOHNSON, M. G., 1973, PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; USGS BULL. 1356
USBM MINERALS MINERALS YEARBOOK VOLS 1936 & 1940; WASHINGTON U.S. GOVT. PRINTING OFFICE
QUADE, JACK, 7 JUN 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION NOTES.
NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
JOHNSON, M. G.; 1977
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1930'S |
| Deposit | LAKE-BED GRAVELS |
| Deposit | WORKED BY HAULING ANCIENT LAKE-BED GRAVELS BY TRUCK TO WATER 2 MILES AWAY. IN 1939 A DRY-BANK PLANT WAS INSTALLED. THE LARGEST YEARLY PRODUCTION WAS FOR 1939 & 1940 WITH PLACER MINING OPERATIONS ON THE JANKS GROUP OF CLAIMS AND THE RIO SECO CLAIMS. PRODUCTION CONTINUED INTERMITTENTLY FROM 1943 TO 1963. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1981 | Royse, Sue E. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-MAR-1986 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1994 | Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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