The Osceola Placer Project is a gold mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,598 feet.
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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: 7,598 Feet (2,316 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.06667, -114.38333
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Osceola Placer Project MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Osceola Placer Project
Secondary: Dry Gulch Placers
Secondary: Osceola Gravel Mining Co. Pre-1880
Secondary: Osceola Placer Mining Co. 1880's
Secondary: Grub Gulch
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Osceola
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1877
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: OSCEOLA PLACER GOLD AVERAGED 850 FINE
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 30 FT DEPTH OF GOLD-BEARING GRAVEL, AVERAGE. GOLD IS DISSEMINATED THROUGH THE GRAVELS, BUT THE PRINCIPAL PAY STREAK IS NEAR BEDROCK
Comment (Workings): DITCH AND FLUME LINE BRINGING WATER FROM BAKER AND LEHMAN CREEKS; ANOTHER FROM WILLIAMS, PINE, SHINGLE, RIDGE, AND WILLARD CREEKS; DRAGLINE SCRAPERS, OLD SHAFTS, WASHING PLANT
Comment (Geology): BEDROCK IS SHALE, LIMESTONE AND QUARTZITE
Comment (Development): PLACERS WERE WORKED BY HAND UNTIL THE EARLY 1880'S WHEN THE MOST IMPORTANT CLAIMS WERE CONSOLIDATED AND THE OSCEOLA PLACER MINING CO. WAS ORGANIZED TO WORK THE GROUND BY HYDRAULICKING AND SLUICING. THEY BUILT A DITCH AND FLUME. HYDRAULICKING CONTINUED UNTIL ABOUT 1900. IN 1935 THE 417 ACRE HAMPTON PLACER IN DRY GULCH WAS SAMPLED AND WORKED BY WAGNER GOLD PLACER CO. USING 2 DRAGLINE SCRAPERS. AND A WASHING PLANT. 100 MEN WERE EMPLOYED IN 1932 PRIOR TO 1890, THE OSCEOLA PLACER MINING CO CONSTRUCTED 2 DITCHES ABOUT 34 MILES LONG AT A COST OF $200,000
Comment (Location): OVER 300 CLAIMS-IN DRY GULCH, GRUB GULCH AND JACKS GULCH. UTM IS TO NEAR CENTER OF WORKINGS WHICH COVER A LARGE AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
References
Reference (Deposit): COPELAND, R.W., 1975, OSCEOLA PLACER PROJECT: NBMG FILE 335, ITEM 11, 12
Reference (Deposit): WEEKS, F.B., 1908, USGS BULL 340, P. 117-133
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W.O., 1936, NBMG BULL 27, P. 167-173.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1973, USGS BULL 1356, P. 93-95
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1983, MILS DATA.
Reference (Deposit): USGS, 1982, CRIB DATA.
Reference (Deposit): TERRA DATA, 1980, A MINERAL INVENTORY OF THE SCHELL RESOURCE AREA, ELYDISTRICT, NEVADA: PREPARED FOR BLM.
Reference (Production): NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 335, ITEM 11
Reference (Reserve-Resource): NBMG DISTRICT FILE 335, ITEM 11
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.
