Mine detail: Osceola District Placer Deposits

Previously called 'Dry Gulch PlacersOsceola Gravel Mining Co. (pre-1880)Osceola Placer Mining Co. (1880s)Grub GulchMaryann CanyonTilford PlacersHogumSolomon Placer ClaimsWeaver Creek placers'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.05605, -114.41224

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Ore:	Gold
Orebody form:	channels
Discovery year:	1877

Production

Operation type:	Surface-Underground
Deposit type:	placer
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	sporadic but almost continuous from 1877 to present
First production started:	1877

Geology

Host type:

Gravel

References

MRDS	M242208
DEP	10310456
Reference	{Deposit:: Copeland, R.W., 1975, Osceola Placer Project: NBMG district file 335, item 11, 12}{Deposit:: Weeks, F.B., 1908, USGS Bull 340, p. 117-133}{Deposit:: Vanderburg, W.O., 1936, NBMG Bull 27, p. 167-173.}{Deposit:: Johnson, M.G., 1973, USGS Bull 1356, p. 93-95}{Deposit:: USBM, 1983, MILS Data.}{Deposit:: USGS, 1982, MRDS Data.}{Deposit:: Terra Data, 1980, A Mineral Inventory of the Schell Resource Area, Ely district, Nevada: prepared for BLM.}{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.}
Reporter	LaPointe, D.D., Schruben, Paul G.