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Producer in Pershing 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106936
MRDS ID M242417
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown
Related records 10310375

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.94653, 40.736 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dun Glen(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 033N 036E 16 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972); PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = WINNEMUCCA 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

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) -117.94653, 40.736
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sierra (Dun Glen, Orofino, Chafey, Sunshine) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Proquip, Inc., , Bart Conn, President
    Home office P.O. Box 2012, Winnemucca, Nv 89445
    First year 1983

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 2000 ACRES

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT. NEW PIT, BULLDOZER WORK, DAMS PONDING SILTS (1984)

Comments on development

  • LISTED AS AN ACTIVE OPEN PIT GOLD MINE IN 1983, EMPLOYING 16 PERSONS. STILL ACTIVE IN 1984-1985. IN MARCH, 1985, IT WAS REPORTED THAT HOMESTAKE MINING CO. SIGNED AN OPTION TO ENTER A -JOINT VENTURE WITH PROQUIP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NBMG MAP 84, 1983, ACTIVE MINES AND OIL FIELDS.

  • Deposit

    DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, 1985, 1984, 1983, 1982, 1981, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALEN-DAR YEARS 1984, 1983, 1982, 1981, 1980, INCLUSIVE.

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L. J., 27 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, 5-15-85

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING RECORD, 5-15-85.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-JUN-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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