Commodities
PrimaryPlatinum, Palladium
TertiaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStream Placer
Model119: Placer Au-PGE
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formSTREAM CHANNEL
Ore controlSource Is Unknown And No Likely Source Rocks Were Noted Upstream From The Samples
Geology
Host rockAlluvium
Associated rockGranite
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10046554
MRDS IDM241736
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.85717, -114.16195
References
BROWN, S.D., 1983, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE HIGHLAND RIDGE ROADLESS AREA, WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEVADA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 68-83, P. 87.SMITH, R.M., 1976, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEVADA: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 85, PART II, P. 56-57.WHITEBREAD, D.H., AND BROWN, S.D., 1984, HIGHLAND ROADLESS AREA, NEVADA, IN MARSH, S.P., KROPSCHOT, S.J., AND DICKINSON, R.G., EDS., WILDERNESS MINERAL POTENTIAL, ASSESSMENT OF MINERAL-RESOURCE POTENTIAL IN U.S. FOREST SERVICE LANDS STUDIED 1964-1984: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1300, P. 768-770.