Churchill County Gold Locations

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Churchill County Gold Locations

Gold Mining Site NV • Churchill County County
Description
Churchill County was one of Nevada's nine original counties when founded in 1861. Churchill County has produced a total of 164,605 ounces of gold as a by product of lode mines. Placer mining has been insignificant. The best chances for placer are in the Terrill Mountains and Barnett Hills in the southwestern corner of the county, gravel deposits in the Trinity Range northwest of Alkali Flats and the placers at the north end of the Sand Springs Range in the southern part of the county.
Historical Notes
Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Mike Higbee / 49erMike). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: churchill_nv.shtml. State index: https://web.archive.org/web/20040830075749/http://www.tomashworth.com/goldloc.shtml Map coordinates are an approximate county centroid — not a precise claim site. Churchill County was one of Nevada's nine original counties when founded in 1861. Churchill County has produced a total of 164,605 ounces of gold as a by product of lode mines. Placer mining has been insignificant. The best chances for placer are in the Terrill Mountains and Barnett Hills in the southwestern corner of the county, gravel deposits in the Trinity Range northwest of Alkali Flats and the placers at the north end of the Sand Springs Range in the southern part of the county.
Status / Verification historical_site — Legendary or approximate

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