Olinghouse Placers

Olinghouse Placers is a past producer of gold, silver in Washoe County, Nevada, in USGS's medium output class. USGS records production from 1860 to 1993. It is one of 100 historic gold producers USGS lists in Washoe County, and number 3 when they are sorted by output class.

Facts

USGS status
Past producer
Output class
medium (USGS class)
Commodities
Gold, Silver
Deposit type
Placer Au-PGE
Production years
1860 to 1993
County
Washoe County
State
Nevada
Land status (BLM data)
Private land or land not mapped as public
USGS record
10310485

Source: USGS Mineral Resources Data System (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, positions can be approximate, and "producer" does not mean a mine is operating today. "Output class" is a code whose meaning changed over the years, so compare sites inside this data and do not read it as tonnage.

Land status comes from the BLM Surface Management Agency dataset and can be out of date. Check ownership before you go near any mine site.

Gold sites nearby

18 other USGS gold sites within 12 miles. The Washoe County page lists the biggest.