The Rodeo Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Eureka county, Nevada.
About the MRDS Data:
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Mine Info
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Rodeo Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rodeo Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Lynn 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
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
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: THE RECOVERED GOLD AVERAGED 920 TO 960 FINE
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): OPERATIONS ARE HANDICAPPED BY LACK OF WATER, AND HAVE BEEN CONFINED MAINLY TO THE UPPER REACHES OF THE CHANNEL ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Development): OPERATIONS ARE HANDICAPPED BY LACK OF WATER, AND HAVE BEEN CONFINED MAINLY TO THE UPPER REACHES OF THE CHANNEL.
Comment (Deposit): THE RICHEST GRAVELS ARE AT THE UPPER END OF RAVINES WHERE THE GOLD IS COARSE. THE GOLD IS PROBABLY DERIVED FROM MINERALIZED SHEAR ZONES IN CHERT & SHALE OF THE VININI FORMATION IN THE UPPER PLATE OF THE ROBERTS THRUST. DURING LATE TERTIARY TIME THE GOLD WAS WEATHERED FROM VEINS AND CONCENTRATED IN CHANNELS BEING DISSECTED BY PRESENT DAY STREAM.
Comment (Geology): THE RICHEST GRAVELS ARE AT THE UPPER END OF RAVINES WHERE THE GOLD IS COARSE. THE GOLD IS PROBABLY DERIVED FROM MINERALIZED SHEAR ZONES IN CHERT & SHALE OF THE VININI FORMATION IN THE UPPER PLATE OF THE ROBERTS THRUST. DURING LATE TERTIARY TIME THE GOLD WAS WEATHERED FROM VEINS AND CONCENTRATED IN CHANNELS BEING DISSECTED BY PRESENT DAY STREAM.
References
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R. J. ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV., 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.
