Commodities
PrimaryGold
TertiaryTin, Mercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePlacer
Model119: Placer Au-PGE
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formBLANKET
Ore controlPlacer
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Gold
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production yearsTO 1936
Identification
Deposit ID10040614
MRDS IDM055456
Alternate namesPlaceritas
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.74405, -118.7421
References
HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41VANDERBURG, W. O., 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: USBM IC 6902.JOHNSON, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL IN PRESS.QUADE, JACK, 3 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATIONNBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, 1985, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1984.REEVES, T. V., 1931, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON NEV-MONT PROPERTY, PLACERITES; NBMG DISTRICT FILE 287, ITEM1.VRANG, C., 1932, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON PLACERITES DRY PLACER, NBMG DISTRICT FILE 287, ITEM 2.NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 287, ITEM 4.