The Penrod Group Placer is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Penrod Group Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Penrod Group Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Island Mountain
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1874
Discovery Year: 1874
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: BLANKET
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Holocene
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): PLACER DEPOSIT IN STREAM GRAVELS
Comment (Geology): THE GOLD IS DERIVED FROM QUARTZ VEINS IN THE VICINITY (REVELT)
Comment (Deposit): LOCATED IN 1874 BY E. PENROD, THE PLACER IS LOCATED NEAR THE MOUTH OF HOPE GULCH. THE OCCURRENCE WAS WORKED BY TWO HYDRAULIC GIANTS IN LATE 1874 ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Development): PLACER WAS WORKED BY 2 HYDRAULIC GIANTS IN LATE 1874
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R. M. (1976) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV., USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT
Reference (Deposit): REVETT, R. S. (1894) LETTER ON THE ISLAND MOUNTAIN PLACERS, NEV. BUR. OF MINES, MINING DISTRICT FILES
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.
