Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeplacer
Model119: Placer Au-PGE
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlstream bed, channels.
Geology
Host rockGravel
StructureFolded and deformed Triassic rocks, Mesozoic intrusions, faults and fissures.
Tectonic settingback-arc marginal basin
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1849
Discovery year1849
Identification
Deposit ID10310386
MRDS IDMP90065
Alternate namesDayton Dredging Co. Mine, Rae Placers, Oro-Neva Dredging Co. placers
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates39.22713, -118.75097
References
Johnson, M.G., 1973a, Placer Gold Deposits of Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1356, 118 p.Johnson, M.G., 1977, Geology and Mineral Deposits of Pershing County, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin 89, 115 p.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.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.