Anatone-Meadow Canyon Gold Placers

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Titanium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10125733
MAS/MILS ID 0320230252
Record type Site
Current site name Anatone-Meadow Canyon Gold Placers
Alternate or previous names Gold Placer Claim

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -116.91701, 38.66603 (WGS84)
Elevation 2453
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jefferson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Diamond-Monitor Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010 N 045 E 33 C Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Titanium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -116.91701, 38.66603

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 50, 1951, P. 25.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 99B, P. 50 AND 52,

  • Deposit

    1984, KLEINHAMPL AND ZIONY.

  • Deposit

    AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT PART OF THE TOQUIMA

  • Deposit

    RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MEADOW CANYON AND ITS BRANCH ANTONE CANYON. DO NOT CONFUSE WITH FLOWER MERCURY PLACER GROUND! THE ONLY PLACER DIGGINGS FOUND ON LOWER ANATONE OR ON MEADOW CANYONS IS FOUND ALONG THE SIDE OF ANATONE CREEK, NEXT TO THE MAIN ACCESS ROAD, AT 8050 FEET ELEVATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-JAN-95 Schmauch, Steven W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.