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Triplett Gulch Placer

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044896
MRDS ID M232525
Record type Site
Current site name Triplett Gulch Placer
Related records 10310337

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.69815, 40.30602 (WGS84)
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028N 047E 17,16 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Electrum Ore
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
BC deposit profile C01. C02
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.69815, 40.30602
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Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET, STRATIFORM
    Thickness 3.66M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE PLACER MATERIAL IS CHIEFLY SAND AND SOIL CONTAINING A SMALL PROPORTION OF ANGULAR ROCK FRAGMENTS. DEPTH OF THE ALLUVIUM RANGES FROM 1 TO 12 FEET. AVERAGE VALUE OF DRY WASHED MATERIAL IN 1939 WAS $2 CU/YD.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year <1939
Discovery method Ore-Mineral Not In Place
Year of first production <1939

Mining district

District name Bullion District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Triplett Gulch Mines, Inc.
    First year 1940

Comments on the production information

  • 120,000 CU. YDS. GRAVEL YIELDED 1,627 OZ AU. AND 160 OZ AG. FOR AN AVERAGE VALUE OF 49 CENTS/CU. YD. 1939 GRAVELS RAN $2.00/CU. YD.

Comments on the workings information

  • WASHING PLANT IN 1940

Comments on development

  • 9 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. TRIPLETT GULCH MINES, INC. OPERATED A WASHING PLANT IN 1940. THEY PROCESSED 120,000 CU. YDS. OF GRAVEL AVERAGING 49 CENTS/CU. YD.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M232525

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    JOHNSON, J.G., 1973

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALLUVIAL GRAVELS-PLACER DEPOSIT
Deposit THE PROPERTY IS MADE UP OF 9 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. THE TRIPLETT GULCH MINES INC. OPERATED A WASHING PLANT IN 1940. THEY HANDLED 120,000 CUBIC YARDS OF GRAVEL WHICH YIELDED 1,627 OZ OF AU AND 160 OZ OF AG FOR AN AVERAGE VALUE OF 49 CENTS PER CUBIC YARD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-NOV-1988 La Pointe, D.D. U.S. Geological Survey