v·. ,,.,. ·~ t ).. r ~,~ ... ~ .p~~~ .. 7' ;.:..,~w . ... ,:J t jt $ t·'., ~ ""' •: ? { ../' ·~-::..,..,, ' Placer Gold Deposits of Nevada By MAUREEN G. JOHNSON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1356 A catalog of location~ geology~ and production with lists of annotated references pertaining to the placer districts UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1973 CONTENTS DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Page Abstract-------------------------------------------------------------- 1 WILLIAM P. CLARK, Secretary In~uction.--------------------------------------------------------- 1 History of placer mining in Nevada_____________________________________ 1 Purpose and scope of present study_------------------- ____ ------------- 3 U.S. GEOLOOICAL SURVEY C!burcbWU ~ty------------------------------------------------------ 4 1. Holy Cross district..------------------------------------------------ 4 Dallas L. Peck, Director 2. Jessup district.. ____________ --- ____ ------------------------_-------_ 5 3. Sand Springs district----------------------------------------------- 6 caark~ty---------------------------------------------------------- 6 4. Eldorado Canyon district..------------------------------------------ 6 5. Gold Butte district------------------------------------------------- 7 6. Las Vegas district..·------------------------------------------------ 8 7. Searchlight district.. ______ ----------------c- ----------------------- 9 C>therdistricu_______________________________________________________ 10 8. ~deri>aD1-------------------------------------------------- 10 9. Bunkerville district_ __________ .---------------____ -----------___ 10 10. Muddy River placers___________________________________________ 10 I>ouglas~ty_______________________________________________________ 11 11. Mount Siegel districL-------------------------------------------- 11 12. Genoa district.. ____________ -------- ___ -----------------------_____ 12 C>ther districu------------------------.----------______ --------------- 12 13. Mountain House (Pine Nut) district..______________________________ 12 Elko ~ty----------------------------------------------------------- 13 14. Centennial (Aura, Bull Run) district________________________________ 13 15. C!barleston (Cornwall) district..·------------------------------------ 14 16. Cope (Mountain City) districL•. ---------------------------------- 15 17. Gold Circle (Midas) districL--------------------------------------- 16 18. Jarbidge district·--------------------------------_---------------- 16 First printing 1973 19. Island Mountain (Gold Creek) district______________________________ 17 Second printing 1981 20. Tuscarora district.. _______ .---------------------------_____________ 19 Third printing 1984 21. Van I>uZer district------------------------------------------------ 21 C>ther districu-------------------------------- _____ ------- __ --------- 22 22. Alder (Tennessee Gulch) district__________________________________ 22 23. Gold Basin (Rowland) district____________________________________ 22 ~DleraldaCounty ••• -------------------------------------------------- 22 24. Lida district (Tule Canyon placers)--------------------------------- 22 25. Sylvania district (Paln1etto Wash, Pigeon Springs placers)______________ 24 For sale by the Distribution Branch, U.S. Geological Survey, 604 South Pickett Street, Alexandria, VA 22304 C>therdistricu••• ---------------------------------------------------- 25 26. Desert (Gilbert) district.---------------------------------------- 25 27. Goldfield district.. _________________ --------------------------- 25 28. Gold Mountain (Tokop) district.._________________________________ 25 29. Hornsilver district.-------------------------------. __ ---________ 25 30. Klondykedistrict----------------------------------------------- 26 m IV CONTENTS CONTENTS v Page Page Eureka<Jounty----------------------------------------- 26 Nye County___ ------- ___ _ 56 31. Lynn district ___ _ 26 73. Bullfrog district_ ____________ ---- __ _ 56 Other districts _____________ -_----- _________ - ___ _ 28 74. Johnnie district_ __________ -------- ___ ----------- ___ --------- ____ _ 57 32. Eureka district_----- __________________________________________ _ 28 75. Cloverdale district_ _____ -_-_-_---------_- 59 33. Maggie Creek district ______________________________ _ 28 76. lone (Union) district__- __ 60 Humboldt <Jaunty __ 29 77. Millett (Twin River) district__-- _________ _ 61 34. Sawtooth district_ ________ -_- _________________________ _ 29 78. Manhattan district_ __ _ 62 35. Dutch Flat district_ ___ _ 30 79. Round Mountain district_ ____ --_--- _______ _ 64 36. Gold Run (Adelaide) district_ __________________________ _ 31 Other districts ______________ _ 68 37. Rebel Creek and National districts_____________________ _ 32 80. Belmont district_ __________ ---------- __________________________ _ 68 38. V aryville district (Leonard Creek placers)_ ________________________ _ 33 81. Currant district_ 6E Other distr!icts-------------- 34 82. Eden district_ _______ _ 6E 39. Awakening district_ ___ _ 34 83. Ellendale district _______ _ 6~ 40. Dunnashee district_ ____________________________________________ _ 84. Fairplay district_ _________________ _ 35 6~ 41. Jackson Creek district_ _________________________________________ _ 35 85. Lodi (Mammoth) district_ _________ _ 6~ 42. Kings River (Disaster) dist~ict__ ____ - ____________________________ _ 35 86. Longstreet district_ _________ _ 6~ 87. Tonopah district _________________________ _ 43·. Potosi district_ ________ ----_---- ___ -----_ 35 6~ 44. Warm Springs district_ ______________ _ 35 Pershing County_ 7( 45. Winnemucca district____ -----------____________________________ _ 36 88. Antelope (Scossa) district_ _______ _ 7( Lander <Jaunty--------------------------------- __ ---- ___ --- __________ _ 36 89. Placerites district_------- ___________ _ 7: 46. Batde Mountain district ________ _ 36 90. Rosebud and Rabbit Hole districts ______________ _ 7~ 47. Bullion (Tenabo) district_ 39 91. Seven Troughs district_ __ 7< 48. Hilltop district (including Pittsburg) __ - 41 92. Trinity district_ __________________ _ 7< 49. McCoy district________ ------------------- 42 93. Imlay (Humboldt) district_ ________________ _ 7! 94. Unionville district_ _________________________________ _ Other distriCts------------------------------------------------------- 42 71 50. Birch Creek prospect_ _________________ - ________ -----___________ _ 42 95. Rochester district_ _____________________ _ 71 51. Iowa Canyon prospect_ _ 43 96. Spring Valley district_ 7: 52. Kingston district _____ ----- __ --~- ______ -----___________________ _ 43 97. Sierra (Cbafey, Dun Glen) district_ ________________________ _ 8: 53. Reese River placer- __ --------_----_--- __ ------- ___ ------ ______ _ 43 98. Willow Creek district_ __ --- _________________ _ 8 54: Steiner Canyon prospect_ _____ ----_- __ --- _____ --------__________ _ 43 Other districts __________ ---------_________ _ 8. LincolnCounty-------------------------------------------------------- 44 99. Goldbanks district_ __ ----------- 8 55. Eagle Valley district_ _______ --- __________________________________ _ 44 100. Kennedy district_ ____________________________________________ _ 8 56. Freiberg district_ ______ --------------------_------------_________ _ 44 101. Mill City (Central) district_ __ --------------------- 8 Lyon County_______________ _ 44 102. Star districL-----------------------" 8 57. Buckskin district ___ _ 44 103. Staggs district__ ______ ------ _______________ _ 8 58. Yerington district_ ___ ------------------- __ --------------________ _ 46 Storey and Ormsby Counties_ 8 59. Silver City (Gold Canyon, Dayton) district_ _________________________ _ 48 104. Comstock district (Storey County) _________ _ 8 Other districts __________ --------------------- ___ _ 51 105. Carson River district (Ormsby County) ___ _ 8 60. Como (Palmyra, Indian Springs) district__ 51 Washoe CountY------------------------------- 8 61. Eldorado Canyon district_______________________________________ _ 51 106. Jumbo (West Comstock) district_ ________________ _ 8 62. Pine Grove district_ __ _ 51 107. Olinghouse (White Horse) district_ ___ _ 8 63. Talapoosa district_--------------------_- 51 108. Peavine district_ _____________________ _ 9 Mineral <Jaunty-_---------------------------- ________ -- ______________ _ 51 109. Galena (Washoe) district_--------- ______________________________ _ 9 64. East Walker district (Mount Grant placers) __ _ 51 110. Litde Valley district_ ___________________________________ _ 9 65. Hawthorne district (Pamlico placers) ________ _ 52 White Pine County ___ _ 9 66. Rawhide (Regent) district _______ ----- ___ - _________ _ 53 111. Bald Mountain (Joy) district___ 9 Other districts----------------------- ___ _ 55 112. Cherry Creek disn·icL --------- __________________________________ _ s 67. Aurora districL--------------------------- 55 113. Osceola district_ ________________________________________________ _ s 68. Bell district_ ___ --------------_____ _ 55 Other districts ___________________________________ _ s 69. Candelaria (Columbus) district_ ___________________ -- ____________ _ 55 114. Granite district_ ______________________________________________ _ 70. Santa Fe district ___ -----------------__________________________ _ 55 115. Robinson district_ ____________________________________________ _ 71. Silver Star district---------------------------------------------- 56 Gold production from placer deposits ____________________________________