Guild Placer Mines

The Guild Placer Mines is a gold mine located in Lyon county, Nevada.

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

Name: Guild Placer Mines

State:  Nevada

County:  Lyon

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 39.05917, -119.25083

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Guild Placer Mines MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Guild Placer Mines


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: Nevada
County: Lyon
District: Yerington District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Workings): PLACER GOLD OCCURS IN GRAVEL AND HAS BEEN WORKED FROM SHAFTS AND OPEN-PIT MINES.


References

Reference (Deposit): MOORE, J.G., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 75

Reference (Deposit): STODDARD, CARL, AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 49


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.