The Rio Grande, Delta, and Valley View Placer is a gold mine located in Pershing county, Nevada.
About the MRDS Data:
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Mine Info
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Rio Grande, Delta, and Valley View Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rio Grande, Delta, and Valley View Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Antelope 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
Year First Production: 1938
Discovery Year: 1938
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral Not In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: BLANKET, CHANNELS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Alluvium
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Geology): GOLD IS CLOSE TO THE SURFACE; THERE IS LITTLE OVERBURDEN
Comment (Deposit): THE PLACERS IN THE DISTRICT WERE DISCOVERED IN 1938 AND MOST INTENSIVELY WORKED FROM 1938 TO 1941. SOURCE OF GOLD UNKNOWN ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Location): IN THE MAJUBA HILL AREA; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = POKER BROWN (1971) 1:24000
Comment (Production): 606 OZ. AU PRODUCED 1938-1941 FOR THE DISTRICT
Comment (Development): MOST INTENSIVELY WORKED FROM 1938-1941
Comment (Deposit): PLACER, NEAR SURFACE.
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1973, PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; USGS BULL. 1356
Reference (Production): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977.
Nevada Gold
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.
