Imlay Canyon Placer

Plant in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10247303
MRDS ID M060377
MAS/MILS ID 0320270330
Record type Site
Current site name Imlay Canyon Placer
Alternate or previous names Nevada Packard
Related records 10310356, 10042552

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.17377, 40.2555 (WGS84)
Elevation 1695
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rochester(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Carson Desert(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 028 N 034 E 29 NWNW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SEC 29; T 28N; R 34E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.17377, 40.2555

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Plant type Leach

Mining district

District name Rochester

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Nevada Packard Mine
    ID 2601586
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1982
  • Type Owner
    Owner Nevada Packard Joint Venture
    ID 2601586
    Interest 100
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1989

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 89, 1977, P 79-81, 82-83, PL 2A

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 580, 1915, P 325-372

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 762, 1924, P 69, P 1

  • Deposit

    USGS GEOL MAP GQ-820, 1969, 1/62,500

  • Deposit

    P 585

  • Deposit

    MSHA REPORT DATED MARCH 1980

  • Deposit

    USGS TOPO MAP LOCATION

  • Deposit

    STATE OF NEVADA. DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS \0\0\0\0

  • Deposit

    ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982. COMPILED BY \0\0\0\0\0\0

  • Deposit

    DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, 1983, 60P. \0\0\0\0\0\0

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-MAR-94 Linne, James M. 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 06/05/1984
MSHA mine ID2601586
Mine name (MSHA)Nevada Packard Mine
Current operatorNevada Packard Joint Venture
Mine typeFacility (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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Authoritative Nevada resources

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