West Side Placer

The West Side Placer is a gold mine located in Lander 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: West Side Placer  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lander

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 40.32972, -117.23417

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West Side Placer MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: West Side Placer
Secondary: Gold Pirate Placer


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver


Location

State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Mccoy


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
Year First Production: 1924
Discovery Year: 1924
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral Not In Place
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

Form: BLANKET


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold


Comments

Comment (Development): PLACER GOLD PRODUCTION WAS REPORTED IN 1924, 1935 AND 1939

Comment (Workings): SMALL

Comment (Geology): THE GOLD RECOVERED IN 1924 WAS 756 FINE AND PRESUMABLY DERIVED FROM THE GOLD-LODE DEPOSITS BY EROSION.

Comment (Deposit): THE SMALL WORKINGS ARE TO THE WEST OF THE GOLD DOME MINE PLACER GOLD PRODUCTION WAS REPORTED IN 1924, 1935, AND 1939.


References

Reference (Deposit): STAGER H.K. (1977) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO., N.B.M. BULL 88

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON M.G. (1973) PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, USGS BULL 1356

Reference (Production): JOHNSON, M.G., 1973


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.