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American Flat Canyon Mine

Occurrence in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047320
MRDS ID M242604
Record type Site
Current site name American Flat Canyon Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Sites 1486, 2813
Related records 10272185

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.76821, 40.53795 (WGS84)
Elevation 1900

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Juniper Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Granite Springs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031N 029E 19 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ACCESSIBLE BY FAIR ROAD WEST OF STONEHOUSE AND NORTH TO AMERICAN FLAT . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Kaolinization

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 1486 CONTAINED 2% FE, 0.5% MG, 0.1% CA, 0.15% TI, 1000 PPM MN, 2 PPM AG, 2000 PPM AS, 50 PPM B, 1000 PPM BA, 2 PPM BE, 20 PPM CR, 20 PPM CU, 20 PPM LA, 7 PPM MO, 7 PPM NI, 30 PPM PB, 10 PPM SC, 100 PPM V, 50 PPM Y, 70 PPM ZR. SAMPLE 2813 CONTAINS 5% FE, 0.5% MG, 0.2% CA, 0.2% TI, 200 PPM MN, 2 PPM AG, 1000 PPM AS, 30 PPM B, 1000 PPM BA, 2 PPM BE, 15 PPM CR, 50 PPM CU, 50 PPM LA, 15 PPM MO, 10 PPM NI, 100 PPM PB, 7 PPM SC, 50 PPM V, 30 PPM Y, 150 PPM ZR.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.76821, 40.53795
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 50 E
    Dip 90

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sheared Contact Of Layered Volcanics And Granodiorite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Farrell District; Stonehouse Canyon District; Seven Troughs District (Northern Part)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Homestake Mining Co.
    First year 1984

Comments on the workings information

  • OLD ADITS (ONE MAJOR), TRENCHES, PROSPECTS, REMAINS OF CAMP, ASSAY OFFICE

Comments on development

  • RECENTLY STAKED IN 1984

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 4 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 6 JUN 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89, PL. I

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINE WORKINGS ARE ALONG N 50 E VERTICAL SHEARED CONTACT OF LAYERED VOLCANIC ROCKS AND GRANODIORITE; LARGE OUTCROP OF FE-OXIDE-STAINED VOLCANIC BRECCIA TO EAST OF MINE AREA. VOLCANICS AND GRANODIORITE ARE FE-OXIDE STAINED AND KAOLINIZED. LAYERING IN VOLCANICS TRENDS N 10 E, 30 SE. SAMPLE 2813 WAS TAKEN FROM N-S VEIN IN LARGEST ADIT. SAMPLE 1486 WAS OF ALTERED RHYOLITE, FE-MN-STAINED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

  • Homestake Mining Co. — acquired by Subsidiary of Barrick Gold (2001)
    Operator of the historic Homestake Mine in South Dakota; acquired by Barrick Gold in 2001.

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