Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeplacer
Model119: Placer Au-PGE
Deposit sizeL
Orebody formchannels
Ore controlPlacer gold is concentrated in channels above bedrock near the convergence of several dry gulches.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production yearssporadic but almost continuous from 1877 to present
First production1877
Discovery year1877
Identification
Deposit ID10310456
MRDS IDM242208
Alternate namesDry Gulch Placers, Osceola Gravel Mining Co. (pre-1880), Osceola Placer Mining Co. (1880s), Grub Gulch, Maryann Canyon, Tilford Placers, Hogum, Solomon Placer Claims, Weaver Creek placers
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.05605, -114.41224
References
Copeland, R.W., 1975, Osceola Placer Project: NBMG district file 335, item 11, 12Weeks, F.B., 1908, USGS Bull 340, p. 117-133Vanderburg, W.O., 1936, NBMG Bull 27, p. 167-173.Johnson, M.G., 1973, USGS Bull 1356, p. 93-95USBM, 1983, MILS Data.USGS, 1982, MRDS Data.Terra Data, 1980, A Mineral Inventory of the Schell Resource Area, Ely district, Nevada: prepared for BLM.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.