Rio Grande, Delta, and Valley View Placer

The Rio Grande, Delta, and Valley View Placer is a gold mine located in Pershing county, Nevada.

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: Rio Grande, Delta, and Valley View Placer  

State:  Nevada

County:  Pershing

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 40.62472, -118.40333

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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

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.