The Osceola Pit & Washing Plant is a gold mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,562 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,562 Feet (2,000 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.0939, -114.39500
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Osceola Pit & Washing Plant MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Osceola Pit & Washing Plant
Secondary: Osceola Mine & Mill
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Robert Ostlund
Company ID: 2601346
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1988
Years: 1988 - 1993
Owner Name: Osceola Mining Co.
Company ID: 2601346
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1977
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
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Comments
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References
Reference (Deposit): OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1992, P. 88.
Reference (Deposit): NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1993, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE
Reference (Deposit): OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1987, P. 82.
Reference (Deposit): NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1988, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE
Reference (Deposit): OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1977, P. 55.
Reference (Deposit): NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1978, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE
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.
