Long Canyon

Unknown in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Mining district
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10400470
Record type Deposit
Current site name Long Canyon

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.5312, 40.9733 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Independence Valley NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wendover(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elko(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring-Steptoe Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Elko

Comments on the location information

  • GNIS lists 5 Long Canyon valleys in Elko county. Not surprisingly, there are several Long Canyon deposits.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 173
USGS model code 26a.1
Deposit model name Sediment-hosted Au
Mark3 model number 17

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.5312, 40.9733

Economic information

Mining district

District name Pequop district

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Keith Long's significant deposit list, November 8, 2010

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-NOV-10 Schruben, Paul U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.