The Platinum - Palladium Occurrence is a platinum and palladium mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,749 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: 6,749 Feet (2,057 Meters)
Commodity: Platinum, Palladium
Lat, Long: 38.85722, -114.16111
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Platinum - Palladium Occurrence MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Platinum - Palladium Occurrence
Commodity
Primary: Platinum
Primary: Palladium
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Lexington (Lexington Canyon, Shoshone) District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Stream 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: STREAM CHANNEL
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: USBM #50 HAD 0.026 OZ/TON PT (890 PPB), 0.017 OZ/TON PD (580 PPB).
Analytical Data: USBM #49 ASSAYED 0.15 OZ/TON AU (5.1 PPM), 0.02 OZ/TON PT (690 PPB), 0.054 OZ/TON PD (1.9 PPM)
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): IN HUMBOLDT NATIONAL FOREST. SAMPLES TAKEN JUST UPSTREAM OF CONFLUENCE OF LEXINGTON AND SOUTH FORK OF LEXINGTON CREEKS. INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Commodity): PLATINUM WAS REPORTEDLY SEEN IN SAMPLES
Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL SMALL SPECKS OF PLATINUM-PALLADIUM WERE SEEN IN TWO STREAM PANNED-CONCENTRATE SAMPLES
Comment (Workings): GEOCHEMICAL SAMPLING ONLY
Comment (Geology): ALLUVIUM DRAINS PALEOZOIC CARBONATE ROCKS AND MESOZOIC GRANITIC ROCKS. AREA CONTAINS THE W MINE, WHICH IS A SKARN
References
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, S.D., 1983, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE HIGHLAND RIDGE ROADLESS AREA, WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEVADA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 68-83, P. 87.
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R.M., 1976, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEVADA: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 85, PART II, P. 56-57.
Reference (Deposit): WHITEBREAD, D.H., AND BROWN, S.D., 1984, HIGHLAND ROADLESS AREA, NEVADA, IN MARSH, S.P., KROPSCHOT, S.J., AND DICKINSON, R.G., EDS., WILDERNESS MINERAL POTENTIAL, ASSESSMENT OF MINERAL-RESOURCE POTENTIAL IN U.S. FOREST SERVICE LANDS STUDIED 1964-1984: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1300, P. 768-770.
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.
