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Maryann Placer

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045061
MRDS ID M232719
Record type Site
Current site name Maryann Placer
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2429 Is Nearby
Related records 10271017

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.46321, 41.04432 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 45 MILES WNW OF WINNEMUCCA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Donna Schee Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackson Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 037N 031E 25 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1/2 MILE UPSTREAM OF DONNA SCHEE SPRING

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2429 OF CALCINE DUMP FROM RETORT AT DONNA SCHEE SPRING CONTAINS 15 % FE, 1 % MG, 10 % CA, 0.5 % TI, 500 PPM- MN, 1.5 PPM AG, 200 PPM B, +5000 PPM BA, 15 PPM CO, 100 PPM C-R, 100 PPM CU, 15 PPM MO, 50 PPM NI, 150 PPM PB, 15 PPM SC, 20-0 PPM SR, 150 PPM V, 20 PPM Y, 200 PPM ZN, 150 PPM ZR.

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

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Red Butte District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner International Trade And Investments
    First year 1980
  • Type Owner
    Owner International Trade And Investments; Furies Mining Corp
    First year 1981
    Last year 1984

Comments on the production information

  • UNKNOWN AMOUNT

Comments on the workings information

  • PITS, BENCHES, TRENCHES

Comments on development

  • ACTIVE PLACER MINE IN 1980, EMPLOYING 3 PERSONS. LISTED AS ACTIVE CONTINUOUSLY 1980-1984 WITH 6 PERSONS EMPLOYED IN 1983 BUT NONE IN 1984. FIELD EXAMINATION IN 1-984 REVEALED NO CURRENT ACTIVITY, BUT LOTS OF EXCAVATION, META-L BUILDING 40FT BY 24 FT-FAIRLY NEW, IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, A-S WELL AS A WOOD BUILDING IN ONE OF THE PITS- A MILL SITE, AND- A ONE-PIPE ROSSI RETORT OFF THE ROAD BELOW THE METAL BUILDING-, AND A FEW 10'S OF LBS OF ROCK HAD BEEN RUN THROUGH IT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEVADA STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, 1981, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE ACTIVITIES DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1980. ALSO DIRECTORIES FOR 1981, 1982, 1983, AND 1984.

  • Deposit

    JONES, R. B, 20 AUG 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, (1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

  • Deposit

    JONES, R. B. AND PAPKE, K. G., 1984, NBMG MAP 84.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LISTED AS AN ACTIVE PLACER GOLD MINE IN 1980, EMPLOYING 3 PERSONS IN AN OPEN PIT MINE AND GRAVITY CONCENTRATION MILL. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAY-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

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