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Gold Canyon Dredging Co

Past Producer in Lyon 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10125152
MAS/MILS ID 0320190072
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Canyon Dredging Co

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -119.6121, 39.2371 (WGS84)
Elevation 1414
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dayton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(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 Lyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016 N 021 E 22 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • MSHA LOCATION: TWO MILES WEST OF DAYTON SW OF GOLD CANYON

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -119.6121, 39.2371
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1920

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Nova Technology International, Inc.
    ID 2601776
    Home office Carson City, Nevada
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 26, 1932, P. 60-61.

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 75, 1969, P. 25.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-APR-1993 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 12/04/2002
MSHA mine ID2601776
Mine name (MSHA)Spring Valley
Current operatorGeo-Nevada Inc.
Current controller (parent)Hau Sun Ho
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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