Thacker Placer Mine

The Thacker Placer Mine is a gold mine located in Pershing county, Nevada.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Thacker Placer Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Willow Creek 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

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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

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Deposit): THE GOLD IS CONCENTRATED IN CHANNEL FILL OF VARYING WIDTHS NEAR BEDROCK AND IS OVERLAIN BY ALLUVUIM.

Comment (Workings): SMALL EARTHMOVING EQUIPMENT WAS USED TO DELIVER THE GRAVELS TO CENTRAL WASHING PLANT. DRAGLINE OPERATIONS WERE CARRIED OUT IN 1959-60.

Comment (Geology): THE GOLD IS CONCENTRATED IN CHANNEL FILL OF VARYING WIDTHS NEAR BEDROCK AND IS OVERLAIN BY ALLUVIUM.

Comment (Deposit): MOST PLACER ACTIVITY TOOK PLACE BETWEEN 1938 AND 1964. SMALL EARTH-MOVING EQUIPMENT WAS USED TO DELIVER THE GRAVELS TO A CENTRAL WASHING PLANT. DRAGLINE OPERATIONS WERE CARRIED ON DURING 1959-60 IN THE N-S TRENDING PART OF THE CREEK BETWEEN THE THACKER AND WADLEY PLACER MINES. SOURCE OF GOLD, AT LEAST IN PART, GOLD-BEARING CALCITE & QUARTZ VEINS EXPOSED NEAR HEADWATERS OF WILLOW CREEK. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Comment (Location): N 1/2 SEC. 2 IN WILLOW CREEK CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Production): ESTIMATED 4000 OZ. AU FOR ALL WILLOW CREEK PLACERS

Comment (Development): MOST ACTIVITY TOOK PLACE BETWEEN 1938 AND 1964. DRAGLINE OPERATIONS WERE CARRIED ON DURING 1959-1960.APPARENTLY NO ACTIVITY IN 1984, HOWEVER ACTIVE PLACERING WAS TAKING PLACE AT THAT TIME BOTH UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREA-M FROM THACKER PLACER IN WILLOW CREEK CANYON

References

Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L. J., 8 OCT 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION OF WILLOW CREEK DISTRICT.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

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

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.