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South American 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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042559
MRDS ID M060389
Record type Site
Current site name South American Canyon Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.10041, 40.28462 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 1 MI. S OF AMERICAN CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fitting(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 028N 034E 13 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH 1/2 SEC. 13; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = UNIONVILLE (1954) 1:625000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.10041, 40.28462
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 457.2M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ABOUT HALFWAY UP THE CANYON FROM BUENA VISTA VALLEY IS A BOWL-SHAPED DEPRESSION ABOUT 1,500 FEET WIDE, WHICH FORMED A NATURAL CONCENTRATION AREA FOR PLACER GOLD.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Spring Valley District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS SHAFTS NOT MORE THAN 15 FT DEEP.

Comments on development

  • NO APPARENT ACTIVITY IN 1984

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, 1936, PLACER MINING IN NEVADA; NBMG 30

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A BOWL-SHAPED DEPRESSION ABOUT 1500 FT WIDE FORMED A NATURAL CONCENTRATION AREA FOR PLACER GOLD.; MODEL NAME COULD ALSO BE: PLACER AU-PGE.
Deposit DEVELOPED BY NUMEROUS SHAFTS NOT MORE THAN 15 FEET DEEP. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Johnson, Maureen G. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-DEC-1980 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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