Georgey Placer Mine

Unknown in Nye 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. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10270759
MRDS ID M233574
MAS/MILS ID 0320230732
Record type Site
Current site name Georgey Placer Mine
Alternate or previous names Georgey Mine, Georgey No. 1, Georgey No. 5, Georgey No. 2
Related records 10045757

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.0009, 38.53883 (WGS84)
Elevation 1975
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Manhattan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008 N 043 E 23 S2NE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.0009, 38.53883

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lang Electric
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY. THE NEVADA MINERAL

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRY 1981: SPECIAL PUBLICATION MI-1981, 1982, 44 PP.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 723, 1924, PLATE 18

  • Deposit

    (FERGUSON).

  • Deposit

    AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT PART OF THE TOQUIMA

  • Deposit

    RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE EDITH AND FOOLEM CLAIMS WERE PRE-1924 PLACER CLAIMS ADJACENT AND SOUTH OF GEORGEY CLAIMS, ON MANHATTAN GULCH PLACERS. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY LUMPS ALL OF THESE CLAIMS TOGETHER. IN 1981 MAMMOTH RESOURCES, VANCOUVER, B.C., EXAMINED GEORGEY NOS. 1 AND 2 PATENTED CLAIMS THAT COVER PART OF THE MANHATTAN GULCH PLACER. MR. OWEN MECHER WAS OWNER, AND IT WAS LEASED TO JACK MANHIRE AND HARRY LANG (LANG ELECTRIC). A 2 MAN, 20 CUBIC YARD PER DAY WASHING OPERATION WAS CONDUCTED WITH WATER FROM NEARBY SPRINGS AND POND. SAMPLING YIELDED FROM 0.02 TO 0.054 OUNCE PER CUBIC YARD. ACCORDING TO ASSESSORS RECORDS IN 1988 THIS PATENTED PROPERTY IS OWNED BY GOLD SEEKER RESOURCES, LTD, VANCOUVER, B.C. THIS AREA WAS BEING REWORKED IN 1993, BY LEASORS, FROM BOB BOTTOM, TONOPAH, NV.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-DEC-96 Schmauch, Steven W. 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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