The First Riffles Placer Mine is a gold mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,000 feet.
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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
Elevation: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.43639, -116.81139
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First Riffles Placer Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: First Riffles Placer Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Hilltop 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: Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1914
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Roberts Mtns. Thrust At Depth
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: GOLD IS ABOUT 870 FINE
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): NEAR CONFLUENCE OF HILLTOP & MAYSVILLE CANYONS
Comment (Development): ABOUT $2000 IN PLACER GOLD WAS PRODUCED BY LESSEES FROM 1914 TO 1916
Comment (Deposit): GOLD IS COARSE AND ASSOCIATED WITH BLACK SAND AND BARITE
Comment (Workings): FOUR SHALLOW SHAFTS AND A BEDROCK DRIFT
Comment (Deposit): PLACER GOLD WAS FOUND IN KRUM CANYON BY JOHN NELSON IN 1914. ABOUT $2000 IN PLACER GOLD WAS PRODUCED BY LESSEES FROM 1914 TO 1916. PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 160 ACRES BELOW CONFLUENCE OF MAYSVILLE AND HILLTOP CANYONS, PROSPECTED BY 4 SHALLOW SHAFTS AND A BEDROCK DRIFT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Geology): GOLD IS COARSE AND ASSOC. WITH BLACK SAND AND BARITE
References
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W. O., 1938, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN LANDER CO., NEV: USBM INFO. CIRC. 7043
Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H. K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER CO., NEV: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 88, PT II
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.
