The Morrison-Knudsen Placer is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Morrison-Knudsen Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Morrison-Knudsen Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Mountain City
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 2 STRIPS OF THE VAN DUZER CREEK CHANNEL, 20-60 FT. WIDE MAD BEEN WORKED OUT BY 1908, ONE FOR A DISTANCE OF 1200 FT., ONE FOR 1000 FT., TO A DEPTH OF LESS. THAN 15 FEET. GOLD VARIED FROM FINE DUST TO 5-6 OZ NUGGETS. THE MINES WERE DISCIVERED BY R.M. WOODWARD IN 1893 AND WERE WORKED FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS, BUT WERE IDLE IN 1908 WOODWARD WORKED THE GRAVELS BY SLUICEING AND HYDRAULIC METHODS, REPORTEDLY RECOVERING $50,000 IN PLACER GOLD IN THE FIRST FEW YEARS. IN 1941, THE MORRISON-KNUDSEN CO. PREDGED GEN THE PLACER AREA FOR SEVERAL MILES RECOVERING 2128 OZ AU. SUBSEQUENT OPERATIONS BY DIFFERENT COMPANIES IN 1948 AND 1949 RECOVERED GOLD AVERAGING 33 TO 70 /CU. YD.
References
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY DATA BASE
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.
