Mine detail: Placerites

Location:	Pershing County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long:	40.74405, -118.7421
dep_id:	10040614
mrds_id:	M055456
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold
Trace mineral:	Tin, Mercury
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Placer
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Cinnabar, Gold
orebody_fm:	BLANKET
model:	119: Placer Au-PGE
conc_proc:	Placer Gravels
ore_ctrl:	Placer
Reporter:	Gassaway, Judith S., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)
hrock_type:	Alluvium
prod_yrs:	TO 1936
References:	Deposit:: HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252 Deposit:: BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41 Deposit:: VANDERBURG, W. O., 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: USBM IC 6902. Deposit:: JOHNSON, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL IN PRESS. Deposit:: QUADE, JACK, 3 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION Deposit:: NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3. Deposit:: STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, 1985, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1984. Deposit:: REEVES, T. V., 1931, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON NEV-MONT PROPERTY, PLACERITES; NBMG DISTRICT FILE 287, ITEM1. Deposit:: VRANG, C., 1932, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON PLACERITES DRY PLACER, NBMG DISTRICT FILE 287, ITEM 2. Deposit:: NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 287, ITEM 4.