Rodeo Creek Placer

The Rodeo Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Eureka 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: Rodeo Creek Placer  

State:  Nevada

County:  Eureka

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 40.93472, -116.33472

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Rodeo Creek Placer MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Rodeo Creek Placer


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Lynn District


Land Status

Not available


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
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


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

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: THE RECOVERED GOLD AVERAGED 920 TO 960 FINE


Materials

Ore: Gold


Comments

Comment (Deposit): OPERATIONS ARE HANDICAPPED BY LACK OF WATER, AND HAVE BEEN CONFINED MAINLY TO THE UPPER REACHES OF THE CHANNEL ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Development): OPERATIONS ARE HANDICAPPED BY LACK OF WATER, AND HAVE BEEN CONFINED MAINLY TO THE UPPER REACHES OF THE CHANNEL.

Comment (Deposit): THE RICHEST GRAVELS ARE AT THE UPPER END OF RAVINES WHERE THE GOLD IS COARSE. THE GOLD IS PROBABLY DERIVED FROM MINERALIZED SHEAR ZONES IN CHERT & SHALE OF THE VININI FORMATION IN THE UPPER PLATE OF THE ROBERTS THRUST. DURING LATE TERTIARY TIME THE GOLD WAS WEATHERED FROM VEINS AND CONCENTRATED IN CHANNELS BEING DISSECTED BY PRESENT DAY STREAM.

Comment (Geology): THE RICHEST GRAVELS ARE AT THE UPPER END OF RAVINES WHERE THE GOLD IS COARSE. THE GOLD IS PROBABLY DERIVED FROM MINERALIZED SHEAR ZONES IN CHERT & SHALE OF THE VININI FORMATION IN THE UPPER PLATE OF THE ROBERTS THRUST. DURING LATE TERTIARY TIME THE GOLD WAS WEATHERED FROM VEINS AND CONCENTRATED IN CHANNELS BEING DISSECTED BY PRESENT DAY STREAM.


References

Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R. J. ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV., N.B.M. BULL. 64

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M. G. (1973) PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, USGS BULL. 1356


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.