The Sheep Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Eureka county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Sheep Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sheep Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Lynn District
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: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
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
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: THE RECOVERED GOLD AVERAGED 920 TO 960 FINE
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Geology): THE GOLD IS PROBABLY DERIVED FROM MINERALIZED SHEAR ZONES IN CHERT & SHALE OF THE VININI FORMATION.
Comment (Deposit): PLACERS WERE CONCENTRATED IN THAT PART OF THE CREEK BED THAT TRENDS SOUTH FOR 1/2 MILE. THE GRAVELS IN THIS AREA OCCUPY A CHANNEL 25-40 FEET WIDE AND 8 FEET DEEP. THE GOLD IS CONCENTRATED IN THE LOWERMOST 1 1/2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE BEDROCK ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): THE GRAVLES OCCUPY A CHANNEL 25-40 FT. WIDE AND 8 FT. DEEP. THE GOLD IS CONCENTRATED IN THE LOWERMOST 1 1/2 TO 4 FT. ABOVE BEDROCK
References
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R. J., ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., N. B. M. BULL. 64
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M. G., (1973) PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, USGS BULL 1356
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.
