Pamlico Placer Plant

Past Producer in Mineral 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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10270812
MAS/MILS ID 0320219008
Record type Site
Current site name Pamlico Placer Plant
Alternate or previous names Ore Fin Mill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -118.40095, 38.55412 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kinkaid(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008 N 032 E 15 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -118.40095, 38.55412

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1978

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Neversweat Placer Co.
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1978
  • Type Operator
    Owner Canyon Milling, Inc.
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1982
  • Type Operator
    Owner Valley Aggregates, Inc.
    Home office Washington
    Year 1983

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1979, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1978, P. 41.

  • Deposit

    NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1982, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982, P. 40.

  • Deposit

    NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1985, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1984, P. 51.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLACER PROCESSING PLANT WAS MOVED FROM SEC. 15 TO SEC. 24 IN 1985 WHEN IT WAS OPERATED BY VALLEY AGGREAGES, INC.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-MAR-94 Ridenour, James 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.