Mine detail: Rio Grande, Delta, and Valley View Placer

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Location: Pershing County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.62461, -118.40431
dep_id: 10042471
mrds_id: M060275
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold
orebody_fm: BLANKET, CHANNELS
model: 119: Placer Au-PGE
conc_proc: Placer
Reporter: Johnson, Maureen G., Royse, Sue E., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)
hrock_type: Alluvium
Year first produced: 1938
disc_yr: 1938
References:
  • Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89
  • Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1973, PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; USGS BULL. 1356
  • Production:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1977.
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