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Branch Canyon Placers

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098693
MRDS ID M243023
Record type Site
Current site name Branch Canyon Placers

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.12457, 39.2188 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bell Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(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)

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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016N 034E 26 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN THE LOWER HALF MILE OR MORE OF BRANCH CANYON UTM TO CENTRAL PORTION OF PROBABLE PLACER AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD IS VERY FINE

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.12457, 39.2188
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 30.48M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Fairview District; Gold Basin District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on development

  • SEVERAL ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO RECOVER THE GOLD BY DRY-WASHING, MOSTLY UNSUCCESSFUL. DEPOSITS COULD PROBABLY BE MINED BEST BY ROOM AND PILLAR METHOD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C., 1947, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE CARSON SINK AREA; OFR.

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL. I.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD IS VERY FINE AND THE GRAVEL IS ANGULAR AND POROUS. GOLD IS CONCENTRATED ALMOST ENTIRELY ON OR NEAR BEDROCK, WHERE IT WAS SAID TO RUN $2-3/CU YD IN AU.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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