The Solomon Placer is a gold mine located in White Pine county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Solomon Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Solomon Placer
Secondary: Claims: Solomon 1-4, 6, 7
Secondary: Mav 5a-5h
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Osceola
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Lobell Oil And Gas
Years: 1980 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: FANS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Alluvium
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: PAST ASSAYS OF FAN MATERIAL RAN 0.038-0.56 OZ AU/CU. YD.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 1000 ACRE PLACER - 14 UNPATENTED CLAIMS ON 3-4 ALLUVIAL FANS CONTAINING AS MUCH AS 20 MILLION CUBIC YARDS OF MATERIAL
Comment (Location): LOCATION UNKNOWN, BUT ENCOMPASSES 3 OR 4 ALLUVIAL FANS
Comment (Development): IN 1981, GOLDWINN RESOURCES ACQUIRED AN OPTION TO BUY 33 1/3% OF THE PROPERTY, WITH WESTERN CONSOLIDATED MINES OF DENVER COLO., WITH TECK CORP AS OPERATOR. TARGET DATE FOR PRODUCTION WAS THEN MARCH, 1981
Comment (Commodity): COULD CONTAIN 19 MILLION YDS UP TO 0.81 OZ/AU/YD.
Comment (Deposit): PROBABLY ENCOMPASSES SOME OF THE EARLIER PLACER OPERATIONS IN THE OSCEOLA DISTRICT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): NORTHERN MINER, 11-13-80, 4-9-81, 7-24-80
Reference (Deposit): NEV. MINING ASSOC BULL, JULY 1981
Reference (Deposit): MINING RECORD, 6-10-81, 12-15-82
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.
