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Gold Run Mine

Producer in Humboldt 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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100752
MRDS ID M242589
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Run Mine
Related records 10149636

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.47957, 40.79239 (WGS84)
Elevation 1484

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goldrun Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 034N 040E 28 SW OF NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN LOWER PART OF GOLDRUN CREEK . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

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 > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.47957, 40.79239
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Channel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Run District; Adelaide District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Marlon H. Thompson, Owner/Operator,
    Home office 422 W. Haskill, Box 8, Winnemucca, Nv 89445
    First year 1983

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS, SMALL GRAVITY CONCENTRATION MILL

Comments on development

  • LISTED AS ACTIVE PLACER MINE SINCE 1981, EMPLOYING 3 PERSONS. GOLDRUN CREEK HAS BEEN PLACERED SINCE THE 1880'S WITH ACTIVITY PEAKING IN THE EARLY 1900'S AND SPORADIC ACTIVITY SINCE THEN. A SMALL GRAVITY CONCENTRATION MILL IS IN USE AND FLOW OF GOLDRUN CREEK IS APPARENTLY DIVERTED FOR ITS USE, AS IT IS MAINLY MUDDY WATER BELOW THE MINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION, 22 JUNE 84.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1973, USGS BULL 1356. P. 31-32.

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W.O., 1938, USBM IC 6995, P. 23-24.

  • Deposit

    JONES, R.B., 1984, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING 1983; NBMG MI-1983, P. 32.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD REPORTEDLY OCCURS IN ALLUVIAL PLACERS ALONG GOLD RUN CREEK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1985 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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