Mine detail: Crescent Valley Placers

Previously called 'Mill Gulch placersMud Springs Valley placersTriplett Gulch Placers'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.30602, -116.69815

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver, Tungsten
Ore:	Gold, Electrum, Scheelite
Orebody form:	blanket; channels
Discovery year:	1916

Production

Operation type:	Surface-Underground
Deposit type:	Placer gold
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1905-1940, intermittently
First production started:	1905
Last production ended:	1940

Geology

Host type:

Gravel

References

MRDS	M232525
DEP	10310337
Reference	Long, K.R., DeYoung, J.H., Jr., and Ludington, S.D., 1998, Significant deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 90-206A, 33 p.; 98-206B. one 3.5 inch diskette.
Reporter	LaPointe, D.D., Schruben, Paul G.