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Buena Vista Canyon Placer

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042529
MRDS ID M060349
Record type Site
Current site name Buena Vista Canyon Placer
Related records 10150504

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.13625, 40.44711 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Congress Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 030N 034E 26,27 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
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) -118.13625, 40.44711
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PLACER/DISSEMINATED
    Thickness 0.91M
    Depth to top 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Unionville District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • AMT RECORDED; THOUGHT TO BE TWICE THIS AMT

Comments on development

  • WORKED ON A SMALL SCALE SINCE 1860'S. A NEW PLACER DISCOVERY WAS MADE IN 1931 THAT WAS ACTIVELY WORKED UNTIL 1936. NO APPARENT ACTIVITY IN 1984.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1973, PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; USGS BULL. 1356

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, 1936, PLACER MINING IN NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 30 NO. 4

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H. F., JR., SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE 1931 DISCOVERY CONSISTED OF A 2 TO 3 FT THICK PAY STREAK IN GRAVELS 6-10 FT DEEP TO BEDROCK.
Deposit PLACERS ARE FOUND IN GRAVELS IN BUENA VISTA CANYON ABOVE THE ABANDONED TOWNSITE OF UNIONVILLE. WORKED ON A SMALL SCALE SINCE 1860'S. A NEW PLACER DISCOVERY WAS MADE IN 1931 CONSISTING OF A 2 TO 3 FOOT THICK PAY STREAK IN GRAVELS 6-10 FEET DEEP TO BEDROCK. THIS WAS ACTIVELY WORKED BETWEEN 1931 AND 1936. GOLD PROBABLY DERIVED FROM GOLD-BEARING QUARTZ VEINS IN BUENA VISTA CANYON (SUCH AS AT MARIGOLD MINE). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1986 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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