Mine detail: Silver City Placers

Previously called 'Oro-Neva Dredging Co. placersRae PlacersDayton Dredging Co. Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.22713, -118.75097

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold
Discovery year: 1849

Production

Operation type: Surface
Deposit type: placer
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1849

Geology

Host type:Gravel
Structure:Folded and deformed Triassic rocks, Mesozoic intrusions, faults and fissures.
Tectonic:back-arc marginal basin

References

MRDSMP90065
DEP10310386
Reference{Deposit:: Johnson, M.G., 1973a, Placer Gold Deposits of Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1356, 118 p.}{Deposit:: Johnson, M.G., 1977, Geology and Mineral Deposits of Pershing County, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin 89, 115 p.}{Deposit:: Koschmann, A.H., and Bergendahl, M.H., 1968, Principal Gold-Producing Districts of the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Prof. Paper 610, 283 p.}{Deposit:: Long, K.R., DeYoung, J.H., Jr., and Ludington, S.D., 1998, Database of significant deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in the United States; Part A, Database description and analysis; part B, Digital database: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-206, 33 p., one 3.5 inch diskette.}
ReporterLaPointe, D. D., Schruben, Paul G.