Willow Creek Placers

The Willow Creek Placers is a gold mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,099 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: Willow Creek Placers
Secondary: Willow Creek Mine
Secondary: Johnson Canal Placer
Secondary: Ro-Mac Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Willow 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

Owner Name: Ro-Mac Gold Ltd; Ross Feraco; Carl Segerstrom,
Years: 1984 -

Owner Name: Ro-Mac Gold Ltd; Carl Segerstrom
Years: 1984 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Placer Au-PGE

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Deposit): PLACERS ALMOST CERTAINLY ARE RELATED TO VEIN DEPOSITS UPSTREAM SUCH AS THE WOLEY MINE

Comment (Development): PLACERING ALL ALONG WILLOW CREEK CANYON HAS OCCURRED FOR MANY YEARS; MOST RECENT ACTIVITY IS IN 3 AREAS: NE/4 OF NE/4 SEC. 11, WORKED BY CARL SEGERSTROM; SE/4 SEC 11 WORKED BY RO-MAC GOLD CO., LTD OF SALT LAKE CITY; AND CENTER, 5/2, SEC 34 BY AN UNKNOWN OPERATOR. RO-MAC HAS BEEN ACTIVELY PLACERING THE AREA SINCE AT LEAST 1981. IN 1981-1983, WARNER TEXAS INC WAS ALSO OPERATING A WILLOW CREEK MINE IN SEC. 11 EMPLOYING 6 PERSONS. ALSO, SANSTEAD MINING CO. WAS OPERATING THE JOHNSON CANAL PLACER WITH 3 WORKERS IN 1981, IN SEC 35, +32 NR36E, POWNSTREAM A BIT FROM THE OTHER WILLOW CREEK PLACERS. MOST PLACER ACTIVITY WAS BETWEEN 1938 AND 1964.

Comment (Location): UTM IS TO ONE OF SEVERAL ACTIVE PLACERS IN WILLOW CREEK CANYON. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Workings): SEVERAL PITS; SMALL PLACER OPERATIONS

References

Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., 8 OCT 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION OF THE WILLOW CREEK PLACERS.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89, PL.I.

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1973, NSGS BULL 1356, P.83-84.

Reference (Deposit): DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, 1985, 1984, 1983, 1982; DIRECTORIES OF NEVADA MINING OPERATIONS ACTIVE IN 1984, 1983, 1982, 1981.

Reference (Deposit): JONES, R.B., AND PAPKE, K.G., 1984, NBMG MAP 84.

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.