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Longwill Placer

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045554
MRDS ID M233321
Record type Site
Current site name Longwill Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.56509, 41.95879 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bearpaw Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jarbidge Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bruneau(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM LOCATION TAKEN FROM SITE OF AQUEDUCT USED IN SLUCE OPERATION,+/- 1000M.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.56509, 41.95879
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET, CHANNELS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Gold Basin

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Longwill, A. S.
    First year 1931

Comments on the production information

  • GRAVELYEILDED LESS THAN $1 /CU YD IN (1930'S)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH R. M. (1976) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO, CO. NEV., USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG W. O. (1936) PLACER MINING IN NEVADA; NNBMG BULL 27

  • Production

    VANDERBURG, W. O. (1936)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STREAM GRAVELS; PLACER DEPOSIT
Deposit THE PLACER DEPOSIT WORKS THE NORTH FORK OF THE BRUNEAU RIVER. IT WAS WORKED IN 1931 BY A. S. LONGWILL. THE GRAVEL YIELDED LESS THAN $1 PER CUBIC YARD (VANDERBURG 1936) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-OCT-1990 Skurski, M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1991 Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) U.S. Geological Survey

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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