Adelaide Placer Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10246383
MAS/MILS ID 0320130311
Record type Site
Current site name Adelaide Placer Mine
Alternate or previous names Dale Aslett Placer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.51096, 40.81319 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Adelaide(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)

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 034 N 040 E 20 SENWSE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Secondary
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.51096, 40.81319

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Adelaide

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Aslett, Dale, Sand And Gravel, Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1980
    First year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING, THE NEVADA MINERAL INDUSTRY, NBMG, 1980, P31.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1356, 1973, P31-32.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, 1982, DIRECTORY OF

  • Deposit

    NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982,

  • Deposit

    P27.

  • Deposit

    MSHA REPORT, JULY 31, 1981.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-DEC-96 Peters U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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