Mine detail: Olinghouse Placers

Previously called 'Olinghouse-Frank Free-Tiger CanyonsGreen Hill Mining VentureNew Gold Inc. Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.656, -119.388

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Ore: Gold, Electrum
Gangue: Gravel
Orebody form: Channels, blanket

Production

Operation type: Surface-Underground
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1864-1990s
First production started: 1860
Last production ended: 1993

Geology

Host type:Gravel,Conglomerate

References

MRDSM231130
DEP10310485
Reference{Deposit:: Johnson, 1977, Geology and Mineral Deposits of Pershing County, Nevada: NBMG Bull. 89}{Deposit:: Bonham, H. F., 1969, Geology and Mineral Deposits of Washoe and Storey Counties, Nevada, NBMG Bull. 70.}{Deposit:: Vanderberg, W. O., Placer Mining in Nevada, NBMG Bull. 27, 1936}{Deposit:: Robyn, T. L. 1994, Geology and Ore Controls of the Lower Olinghouse Placer Gold Mine, Nevada; Economic Geology vol. 89, no. 7 p. 1614-1622.}{Deposit:: Geasan, Dennis, 1980, The geology of a part of the Olinghouse Mining District, Washoe County, Nevada; M. S. Thesis, University of Nevada, Reno, 118 p.}{Deposit:: Garside, L.J., and Bonham, H.F., Jr., 1992, Olinghouse Mining District, Washoe County, Nevada; in Reno Area - Northern Walker Lane Mineralization and Structure; GSN Special Pub. No. 15.}{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.}
ReporterTingley, J.V., LaPointe, D.D., Schruben, Paul G.