Unnamed Placer Deposit

The Unnamed Placer Deposit is a gold mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,551 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

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Site Name

Primary: Unnamed Placer Deposit

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Trinity District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: 1939
Discovery Year: 1939
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

Not available

Comments

Comment (Deposit): SMALL AMOUNTS OF PLACER GOLD HAVE BEEN RECOVERED FROM UNLOCATED DEPOSITS THAT PROBABLY OCCUR IN TRINITY CANYON AND NEARBY GULCHES, WHICH DRAIN AREAS WHERE FREE GOLD IS KNOWN TO OCCUR IN LODES. PLACER GOLD RECOVERED INTERMITTENTLY BETWEEN 1939 AND 1963 USING SMALL-SCALE HAND METHODS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): UTM LOCATION APPROX., TAKEN IN TRINITY CANYON

Comment (Production): INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION FROM 1939 TO 1965, BY HAND METHODS.

Comment (Development): PLACER GOLD RECOVERED SPORADICALLY FROM 1939-1963, BY HAND-METHODS

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.