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Antelope Canyon Placer

Past Producer in Pershing 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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  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 10042510
MRDS ID M060324
Record type Site
Current site name Antelope Canyon Placer
Related records 10125312

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.24459, 40.53628 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Star Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 031N 033E 22,23 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

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

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROBABLE SOURCE OF PLACER GOLD IS GOLD-BEARING VEINS THAT OCCUR IN TRIASSIC SEDIMENTARY ROCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Imlay District; Humboldt District; Eldorado District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • ACTIVITY WAS RESTRICTED TO SMALL-SCALE DRY WASHING OF THE GRAVELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING CO., NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1973, PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: USGS BULL. 1356

  • Deposit

    SILBERLING AND WALLACE, 1967, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE IMLAY QUAD., PERSHING CO., NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ 666

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLACER MINING ACTIVITY IN THE IMLAY DISTRICT RESTRICTED TO SMALL-SCALE DRY WASHING OF THE GRAVELS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1980 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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