Mine detail: Vail Placer Mine

Previously called 'Acacia-Hawkeye Group'

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Location: Lander County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.61879, -117.05094
dep_id: 10044072
mrds_id: M231393
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Silver, Copper
Trace mineral: Tungsten
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold, Scheelite
orebody_fm: BLANKET, CHANNELS, TERRACES
work_type: Surface/Underground
model: 119: Placer Au-PGE
conc_proc: Erosion; Gravity Concentration Over Bedrock
ore_ctrl: Channels, Fans, Slope Wash, Terrace Gravels
Reporter: Flynn, Patricia Dodd
hrock_type: Gravel,Sand and Gravel,Alluvium
Year first produced: 1915
disc_yr: 1913
discr: Jasper Vail
References:
  • Deposit:: STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 88
  • Deposit:: VANDERBURG, W.O., 1939, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN LANDER CO., NEV; USBM INF. CIRC. 7043
  • Deposit:: ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 459-B.
  • Production:: ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965.
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