The Maryann Placer is a gold mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,800 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.04444, -118.46222
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Maryann Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Maryann Placer
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2429 Is Nearby
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Red Butte District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: International Trade And Investments; Furies Mining Corp
Years: 1981 - 1984
Owner Name: International Trade And Investments
Years: 1980 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral Not In Place
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: SAMPLE 2429 OF CALCINE DUMP FROM RETORT AT DONNA SCHEE SPRING CONTAINS 15 % FE, 1 % MG, 10 % CA, 0.5 % TI, 500 PPM- MN, 1.5 PPM AG, 200 PPM B, +5000 PPM BA, 15 PPM CO, 100 PPM C-R, 100 PPM CU, 15 PPM MO, 50 PPM NI, 150 PPM PB, 15 PPM SC, 20-0 PPM SR, 150 PPM V, 20 PPM Y, 200 PPM ZN, 150 PPM ZR.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Location): 1/2 MILE UPSTREAM OF DONNA SCHEE SPRING
Comment (Production): UNKNOWN AMOUNT
Comment (Development): ACTIVE PLACER MINE IN 1980, EMPLOYING 3 PERSONS. LISTED AS ACTIVE CONTINUOUSLY 1980-1984 WITH 6 PERSONS EMPLOYED IN 1983 BUT NONE IN 1984. FIELD EXAMINATION IN 1-984 REVEALED NO CURRENT ACTIVITY, BUT LOTS OF EXCAVATION, META-L BUILDING 40FT BY 24 FT-FAIRLY NEW, IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, A-S WELL AS A WOOD BUILDING IN ONE OF THE PITS- A MILL SITE, AND- A ONE-PIPE ROSSI RETORT OFF THE ROAD BELOW THE METAL BUILDING-, AND A FEW 10'S OF LBS OF ROCK HAD BEEN RUN THROUGH IT.
Comment (Workings): PITS, BENCHES, TRENCHES
Comment (Deposit): LISTED AS AN ACTIVE PLACER GOLD MINE IN 1980, EMPLOYING 3 PERSONS IN AN OPEN PIT MINE AND GRAVITY CONCENTRATION MILL. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
References
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, 1981, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE ACTIVITIES DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1980. ALSO DIRECTORIES FOR 1981, 1982, 1983, AND 1984.
Reference (Deposit): JONES, R. B, 20 AUG 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, (1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
Reference (Deposit): JONES, R. B. AND PAPKE, K. G., 1984, NBMG MAP 84.
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.
