Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePlacer
Model119: Placer Au-PGE
Deposit sizeM
Orebody formChannels, blanket
Ore controlThe deposit is stratigraphically controlled by the location of channel stream gravels and beds, and in some cases by recent faulting.
Materials
Ore mineralsGold, Electrum
GangueGravel
Geology
Host rockGravel,Conglomerate
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1864-1990s
First production1860
Last production1993
Identification
Deposit ID10310485
MRDS IDM231130
Alternate namesOlinghouse-Frank Free-Tiger Canyons, Green Hill Mining Venture, New Gold Inc. Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.656, -119.388
References
Johnson, 1977, Geology and Mineral Deposits of Pershing County, Nevada: NBMG Bull. 89Bonham, H. F., 1969, Geology and Mineral Deposits of Washoe and Storey Counties, Nevada, NBMG Bull. 70.Vanderberg, W. O., Placer Mining in Nevada, NBMG Bull. 27, 1936Robyn, T. L. 1994, Geology and Ore Controls of the Lower Olinghouse Placer Gold Mine, Nevada; Economic Geology vol. 89, no. 7 p. 1614-1622.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.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.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.