The Oehring Placer Claims is a gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Oehring Placer Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Oehring Placer Claims
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Manhattan
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: Mrs. Maud H. Goehring,
Home Office: Box 6, Tonapan, Nv.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1905
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DREDGING OPERATIONS WERE USED FROM 1938 TO 1946, AT WHICH TIME MOST OF PRODUCTION OCCURED. PRESENTLY "TRIDEX NEVADA INC" HAS ESTIMATED LESS THAN $7.00/YARD AS MINING EXPENSES. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Development): AU WAS FIRST MINED FROM VEINS (1905) AND AS PLACER AU (1906)
Comment (Workings): MOST OF THE WORKING CONSIST OF DREDGE TAILINGS, BUT OLDER WORKING CONSIST OF SHAFTS, ADITS AND TRENCHES.
Comment (Geology): GOLD PARTICLES GRADUALLY DECREASE DOWN STREAM, WITH NUGGETS UP TO 1 OZ. REPORTEDLY FOUND IN UPPER HALF OF GULCH. MANY NUGGETS CONTAINED QUARTZ. GRAVEL COMPOSED OF GRANITES, SCHISTS, CHERT, QUARTZ.
References
Reference (Production): NBMG, OPEN-FILE DATA,
Reference (Deposit): NBMG, OPEN-FILE DATA, FILE #95, ITEM 11, P. 1-34
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.
