Rabbit Hole Placers

The Rabbit Hole Placers is a gold mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,301 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Rabbit Hole Placers  

State:  Nevada

County:  Pershing

Elevation: 4,301 Feet (1,311 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 40.76833, -118.76389

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Rabbit Hole Placers MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Rabbit Hole Placers


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Rabbit Hole District


Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Placer Au-PGE


Orebody

Form: BLANKET


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pleistocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold


Comments

Comment (Location): ALONG N. SIDE OF E-TRENDING HILL ON W. SIDE OF RABBIT HOLE SPRINGS. UTM LOCATION APPROX.

Comment (Development): PLACERS NOT ACTIVE IN 1985.


References

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89

Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 1985, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION NOTES

Reference (Production): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977.


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.