The Wadley Placer Mine is a gold mine located in Pershing county, Nevada.
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Wadley Placer Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wadley 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Ro-Mac Was Placering In The Canyon Below Wadley
Years: 1984 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: 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 (Location): NW 1/4 SE 1/4 SEC. 11
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 IN 1959-60.. ACTIVE PLACERING BY RO-MAC IN CANYON BELOW WADLEY IN 1984.
Comment (Deposit): AURIFEROUS GRAVEL FROM SMALL BASINS IN UPPER PART OF WILLOW CREEK. AT WADLEY IT IS OVERLAIN BY 15 TO 30 FT OF SURFICAL ALLUVIUM.
Comment (Workings): SMALL EARTH-MOVING EQUIPMENT WAS USED TO DELIVER GRAVEL TO A CENTRAL WASHING PLANT. DRAGLINE OPERATIONS WERE CARRIED OUT IN 1959-60.
Comment (Geology): AURIFEROUS GRAVEL FORM SMALL BASINS IN UPPER PART O F WILLOW CREEK. AT WADLEY IT IS OVERLAIN BY 15 TO 30 FEET OF SURFICIAL ALLUVIUM.
Comment (Deposit): MOST PLACER ACTIVITY IN WILLOW CREEK TOOK PLACE BETWEEN 1938 AND 1964. SMALL EARTH-MOVING EQUIPMENT WAS USED TO DELIVER THE GRAVELS TO A CENTRAL WASHING PLANT. IN 1949 & 1950 GRAVELS CONTAINING $1.85 AND $0.24 IN GOLD PER CUBIC YARD WAS MINED AT THE WADLEY MINE. DRAGLINE OPERATIONS WERE CARRIED ON IN 1959-60 IN THE N-S TRENDING PART OF CREEK BETWEEN THE THACKER AND WADLEY PLACER MINES. SOURCE OF GOLD, GOLD-BEARING CALCITE & QUARTZ VEINS EXPOSED NEAR HEADWATERS OF WILLOW CREEK. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
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 (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY-NORTHERN NEVADA & NORTHWESTERN UTAH-SUMMARY OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1955-1961, V. 1, SO. PACIFIC CO, PACIFIC CO, SAN FRANCISCO, PA G5 NBMG
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L. J., 8 OCT 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3
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.
