Shoshone Placer Property

Occurrence in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10191406
MAS/MILS ID 0320150789
Record type Site
Current site name Shoshone Placer Property

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -116.58423, 40.33351 (WGS84)
Elevation 2000
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

East of Tenabo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crescent Valley(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)

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 Lander

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -116.58423, 40.33351

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1990
Mining method Alluvial Mining

Mining district

District name Shoshone

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Mutual Resources
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1996

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Demonstrated 6100000mt ore
    Total resources 6100000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.9 g/mt Gold Major 1993

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, 02/12/93, P112.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES AND MINING

  • Deposit

    COMPANIES, P270.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-FEB-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.