Genoa — Douglas County

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Genoa — Douglas County

Gold Mining Site NV • Douglas County County
Description
West of Genoa or Mormon Station on the east slope of the Sierra Nevada range there are many old mines that produced lode gold. In the Tertiary gravel deposits you can find minor placer gold occurances. In the regional stream gravels, in Triassic sediments intruded by Cretaceous granite you can find placer gold.
Historical Notes
Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Mike Higbee / 49erMike). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: douglas_nv.shtml. State index: https://web.archive.org/web/20040830075749/http://www.tomashworth.com/goldloc.shtml Area: Genoa. Map coordinates are an approximate county centroid — not a precise claim site. West of Genoa or Mormon Station on the east slope of the Sierra Nevada range there are many old mines that produced lode gold. In the Tertiary gravel deposits you can find minor placer gold occurances. In the regional stream gravels, in Triassic sediments intruded by Cretaceous granite you can find placer gold.
Status / Verification historical_site — Legendary or approximate

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