The Aslett Placer is a gold mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,449 feet.
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
Elevation: 5,449 Feet (1,661 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.81389, -117.50972
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Aslett Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Aslett Placer
Secondary: Adelaide Placer Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Gold Run (Adelaide)
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Aslett, Dale, Sand And Gravel, Inc.
Home Office: P. O. Box 105, Jackpot, Nv 89805
Years: 1982 -
Owner Name: Aslett, Dale, Sand And Gravel, Inc.
Home Office: P. O. Box 105, Jackpot, Nv 89805
Years: 1980 -
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
Form: BLANKET, CHANNELS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): UNKNOWN AMOUNT
Comment (Deposit): PLACERS ON UPPER PART OF GOLDRUN CREEK ARE IN A BASIN COMPOSED OF OLDER FAN GRAVELS AND RECENT ALLUVIUM. GRAVELS H-ERE ARE 10-14 FT THICK, WHILE IN THE LOWER STRETCHES OF GOLDRU-N CREEK, THEY ARE APPARENTLY UP TO 60 FT THICK.
Comment (Workings): OPEN PIT
Comment (Deposit): LISTED AS AN ACTIVE OPEN PIT PLACER MINE AND GRAVITY CONCENTRATION MILL. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): IN GOLDRUN CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): ACTIVE OPEN-PIT PLACER MINE IN 1980, WITH GRAVITY-CONCENTRATION MILL. PLACERS WERE REPORTEDLY DISCOVERED IN 1886. EARLY PRODUCTION IS UNKNOWN, BUT THE PLACERS WERE WORKED ON A SMALL S-CALE THROUGHOUT THE 20TH CENTURY WITH OVER 1000 OZ AU PRODUCED- IN 1903-1904 ALONE. STILL ACTIVE IN 1982, EMPLOYING 3 PERSONS.
References
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, 1980, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1980.
Reference (Deposit): PAPKE, K. G., 1983, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING 1982.
Reference (Deposit): DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1981.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M. G., 1973, USGS BULL 1356, P. 31-32.
Reference (Deposit): KOSCHMANN, A. H. AND BERGENDAHL, M. H., 1968, USGS PP 610, P. 181
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W. O., 1936, NBMG BULL VOL. 30, NO. 4
Reference (Deposit): MINING AND ENG WORLD, 1911, VOL 34, P. 460
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.
