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Mary Ann Canyon Placer

Past Producer in White Pine 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104119
MRDS ID M242208
Record type Site
Current site name Mary Ann Canyon Placer
Alternate or previous names Tilford Placers, Hogum
Related records 10310456

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.41224, 39.05605 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hogum(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(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 White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014N 067E 23,24,25,26 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • AT MOUTH OF MARY ANN CANYON . UTM IS TO NEAR CENTER OF WORKINGS WHICH COVER A LARGE AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD IS GENERALLY VERY FINE BUT ONE NUGGET WEIGHING 24 LB WAS FOUND

Analytical data

Result PAY STRATUM YIELDED $6-$8/CU. YD. IN 1907. FINENESS OF GOLD-844-857

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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.41224, 39.05605
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form CHANNELS
    Thickness 2.44M
    Length 3218.6M
    Width 18.29M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Localized In Gravel Above Quartzite Or Limestone Bedrock; In Channels

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1879

Mining district

District name Osceola District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • CHANNELS WERE WORKED BY SINKING OR DRIFTING AND SLUICING IN PRE-1908 DAYS. HOGUM PLACERS WERE WORKED WITH A PORTABLE PLACER MACHINE IN 1933-1934

Comments on development

  • WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. DURING SUMMER OF 1907, GOLD BAR PLACER CO. EMPLOYED 2-4 MEN AND THE PROPERTY GAVE A SATISFACTORY RETURN ON INVESTMENT. WORKED IN 1933-1935. IN 1935 4000 ACRES NORTH OF HOGUM CONSOLIDATED 19 SEPARATE PLACER HOLDINGS UNDER THE OSCEOLA GOLD MINING CORP. MINING ACTIVITY IN 1980.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOSE, R.K., BLAKE, M.C. JR. & SMITH, R.M., 1976, NBMG BULL 85 PT. II., P. 60-62.

  • Deposit

    WEEKS, F.B., 1908, USGS BULL 340, P. 117-133

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W.O., 1936, NBMG BULL 27, P. 167-173.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1973, USGS BULL 1356, P. 93-95.

  • Deposit

    TERRADATA, 1980, A MINERAL INVENTORY OF THE SCHELL RESOURCE AREA, ELY DISTRICT: PREPARED FOR BLM.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLACER DEPOSITS OCCUR IN CHANNELS BURIED UNDER MATERIAL OF THE ALLUVIAL FAN BELOW THE MOUTH OF MARY ANN CANYON. THEY USUALLY OCCUR IN A STRATUM OVERLYING A SO-CALLED CEMENT, OR FALSE BEDROCK AT SEVERAL LEVELS 1935 SAMPLING IDENTIFIED 7 CHANNELS AVERAGING 2 MILES LONG, 60 FT WIDE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1983 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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