The Placer Mines is a gold mine located in Millard county, Utah at an elevation of 8,599 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: 8,599 Feet (2,621 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.18167, -113.39528
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Placer Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Placer Mines
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Tungsten
Location
State: Utah
County: Millard
District: House Range
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: State Of Utah
Home Office: Utah
Owner Name: Notch Peak Minerals
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: BLANKET
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 SW 1/4
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN
Comment (Geology): TUNGSTEN OCCURS AS FINE DISSEMINATED SCHEELITE POWDER. GOLD OCCURS AS PLACER IN WEATHERED DETRITUS
References
Reference (Deposit): EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY: ON SITE INVESTIGATION
Reference (Deposit): HINTZE, L.F., 1974, PRELIM. GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE NOTCH PEAK QUADRANGLE MILLARD COUNTY, UTAH: USGS MF-636
Reference (Deposit): EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR #8014
Reference (Deposit): 1876 RECON GILBERT, G.K., 100TH MERIDIAN RPT. V. 3
Reference (Deposit): 1908 RECON WALCOTT, C.D., SMITHSONIAN MIS COLL. V. 53
Reference (Deposit): 1951 RECON WHEELER, H.E., UGMS GUIDEBOOK #6
Reference (Production): EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SUR.
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