Leonard Creek Placers

The Leonard Creek Placers is a gold mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,400 feet.

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

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Site Name

Primary: Leonard Creek Placers

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Leonard Creek 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
Year First Production: 1932
Discovery Year: 1931
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 (Deposit): 20 FT DEEP GRAVELS

Comment (Geology): VALUES IN GOLD DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT ALLUVIUM TO BEDROCK OF SOFT TUFA

Comment (Deposit): IN 1931, 1500 ACRES ABOVE THE MONTERO RANCH WAS ORGANIZED AS LEONARD CREEK PLACERS LTD. IN 1932, SEVERAL MINERS WERE WORKING PLACERS ON TEPEE AND SNOW CREEKS, TRIBUTARIES TO LEONARD CREEK ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Production): $5,000. WORTH OF GOLD PRODUCED PRIOR TO 1938

References

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W.O., 1938, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY NEVADA: USBM INF. CIRC. 6995.

Reference (Deposit): 1940, GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE OF HOLDINGS OF SHARNIEL MINING COMPANY, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON FILE AT NBMG.

Reference (Production): WILLDEN, R., 1964

Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL.59.

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.