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Mccann Canyon Mine

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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047417
MRDS ID M242718
Record type Site
Current site name Mccann Canyon Mine
Alternate or previous names Mccann Canyon Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.86986, 40.72378 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Natchez Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(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)

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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 033N;033N 036E;037E 24;19 NE (24); NW (19) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN MCCANN CANYON . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.86986, 40.72378
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sierra District; Dunglen District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner G. And S Mines, Webb Shepherd, Partner
    Home office P.O. Box 67, Imlay, Nv 89418
    First year 1984

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT, MILL

Comments on development

  • ACTIVOPEN PIT MINE WITH GRAVITY CONCENTRATION MILL IN 1983, 1982EMPLOYING 2 PERSONS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JONES, R.B., 1984, NBMG MI-1983

  • Deposit

    JONES, R.B., AND PAPKE, K.G., 1984, NBMG MAP 84.

  • Deposit

    DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, 1983, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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