The Gold Nuggett Placer is a gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,699 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: 6,699 Feet (2,042 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.94972, -117.59167
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Gold Nuggett Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Nuggett Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Union District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: Bastian, Joe And Frank And Pate, William B.
Years: 1951 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1909
Discovery Year: 1909
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: Shoshone 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: 1951-AN AREA OF 300 FT BY 2,400 FT BY 1 FT DEEP AVERAGED $1.25 PER CUBIC YARD.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): PROPERTY CONSIST OF 11 CLAIMS. COVERS 1760 ACRES.
Comment (Development): WORKED INTERMITTENTLY FROM 1909-1911
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF 35-90 FT DEEP TEST HOLES.
Comment (Geology): GOLD IS FOUND IN SURFACE DEBRIS AND IN 1-2-FT THICK GRAVELS OVERLYING CALICHE LAYERS DOWNSLOPE FROM TERTIARY GOLD VEINS
References
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL 50, P. 197-198
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.
