The Ray White Placer Claims is a gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,899 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: 5,899 Feet (1,798 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.36611, -117.54083
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Ray White Placer Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ray White Placer Claims
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Lida 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: Layton, E. E.
Home Office: Goldfield, Nevada.
Years: 1935 -
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: Sylvania 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: SIX FEET OF MATERIAL ABOVE THE BEDROCK AVERAGED $2 PER CUBIC YARD.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE AVERAGE DEPTH TO BEDROCK IS 16 FEET.
Comment (Workings): FOUR EXPLORATORY SHAFTS WERE SUNK IN THE CANYON. ACTUAL MINING IS WITH A MECHANICAL SHOVEL AND SCRAPER.
Comment (Production): AMOUNT UNKNOWN
References
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W.O., 1936, PLACER MINING IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 27, P. 81-82
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.
