Mill Gulch

The Mill Gulch is a gold mine located in Lander 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: Mill Gulch  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lander

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 40.31306, -116.67972

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Mill Gulch MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Mill Gulch


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Tungsten


Location

State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Bullion


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Mill Gulch Placer Mining Co.


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1935
Discovery Year: 1935
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M


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

Form: CHANNELS, BLANKET


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
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Electrum


Comments

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1930'S

Comment (Production): A LITTLE SCHEELITE ACCOMPANIED THE AU BUT THERE IS NO RECORD OF THE QUANTITY RECOVERED OR IF ANY PRODUCTION WAS SOLD

Comment (Development): MILL GULCH PLACER MINING CO. PURCHASED AND LOCATED A LARGE NUMBER OF CLAIMS. IN THE 1930'S, THIS MINE WAS ACTIVE IN THE LATE 1930'S.

Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRAVELS CONTAINING GOLD, ELECTRUM AND A LITTLE SCHEELITE

Comment (Geology): MILL GULCH IS A SHALLOW RAVINE SEVERAL MILES LONG AND 200-300 FEET WIDE. DEPTH TO BEDROCK AVERAGES ABOUT 30 FEET. GOLD IS BOTH FINE (Z920) AND COARSE, A LITTLE SCHEELITE IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE GOLD.

Comment (Deposit): THE MILL GULCH PLACER MINING CO. PURCHASED AND LOCATED A LARGE NUMBER OF CLAIMS IN THE TENABO AREA IN THE 1930'S. THE MINE WAS ACTIVE DURING THE LATE 1930'S. WATER FOR THE PLACER OPERATIONS WAS OBTAINED FROM A WELL IN THE VALLEY TO THE EAST.


References

Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H. K. (1977) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO., N.B.M. BULL 88

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W. O. (1939) RECONAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN LANDER CO. NEVLK USBM I.C. 7043

Reference (Deposit): USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 70, REFERENCE NO. 3201500122

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

Reference (Production): JOHNSON, M. G., 1973. NBM BULL., STAGER H.K. (IN PREP. JAN. 1984)


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.