The Dale Aslett Placer is a sand and gravel, construction mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Sand and Gravel, Construction
Lat, Long: 40.8133, -117.51000
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Dale Aslett Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dale Aslett Placer
Secondary: Adelaide Placer Mine
Commodity
Primary: Sand and Gravel, Construction
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Adelaide
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Aslett, Dale, Sand And Gravel, Inc.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1980
Years: 1981 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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
Not available
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): MSHA REPORT, JULY 31, 1981.
Reference (Deposit): P27.
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982,
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, 1982, DIRECTORY OF
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1356, 1973, P31-32.
Reference (Deposit): SCHILLING, THE NEVADA MINERAL INDUSTRY, NBMG, 1980, P31.
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.
