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Branch Canyon Prospects

Occurrence in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047613
MRDS ID M243024
Record type Site
Current site name Branch Canyon Prospects
Alternate or previous names Branch, Hunt, Smith and Wilson Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.11456, 39.21491 (WGS84)

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 26,35,25,36 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1.5 MILE NORTH OF THE GOLD BUG MINE, 5-6 PROSPECTS IN BRANCH CANYON. SMITH PROSPECT LOCATED ON HILL TO THE EAST; BRANCH PROSPECT IS FARTHER WEST AT NORTH EDGE OF THE BOTTOM OF BRANCH CANYON UTM IS TO ONE OF MANY WORKINGS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.11456, 39.21491
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Dip 70 E (SMITH); 75 SE (BRANCH)
    Width 1.22M
  • General form TABULAR
    Dip 70 E (SMITH); 75 SE (BRANCH)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fairview District; Gold Basin District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Branch, Hunt, Smith And Wilson
    First year 1920

Comments on the workings information

  • SMITH PROSPECT OPENED BY A 35-FT SHAFT; BRANCH PROSPECT OPENED BY A 50-FT TUNNEL.

Comments on development

  • PROBABLY INCLUDES WHAT WAS LATER DEVELOPED AS THE GOLD BASIN MINE BRANCH PROSPECT-NOT SAME AS FRED BRANCH PROSPECT ON WEST SIDE OF FAIRVIEW PEAK.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C. 1947, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE CARSON SINK AREA, USGS OFR, P. 123.

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL. I.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FAULT-BRECCIA ZONE 2-4 FT WIDE; BRECCIATED COUNTRY ROCK WITH BUT LITTLE QUARTZ, SILICIFICATION OR MINERALIZATION, ALTHOUGH THE ROCK PANS WELL IN GOLD: BRANCH PROSPECT, TO THE WEST CONTAINS MORE QUARTZ THAN SOME OF THE OTHER PROSPECTS IN THIS CANYON.

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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