The Longwill Placer is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Longwill Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Longwill Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Gold Basin
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Longwill, A. S.
Years: 1931 -
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: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
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 (Location): UTM LOCATION TAKEN FROM SITE OF AQUEDUCT USED IN SLUCE OPERATION,+/- 1000M.
Comment (Production): GRAVELYEILDED LESS THAN $1 /CU YD IN (1930'S)
Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRAVELS; PLACER DEPOSIT
Comment (Deposit): THE PLACER DEPOSIT WORKS THE NORTH FORK OF THE BRUNEAU RIVER. IT WAS WORKED IN 1931 BY A. S. LONGWILL. THE GRAVEL YIELDED LESS THAN $1 PER CUBIC YARD (VANDERBURG 1936) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG W. O. (1936) PLACER MINING IN NEVADA; NNBMG BULL 27
Reference (Production): VANDERBURG, W. O. (1936)
Reference (Deposit): SMITH R. M. (1976) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO, CO. NEV., USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT
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.
