The Piute Canyon Placer is a gold mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Piute Canyon Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Piute Canyon Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Battle Mountain District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1915
Discovery Year: 1915
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral Not In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: BLANKET, CHANNEL
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): IN PIUTE CANYON
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION RECORDS SHOW A SMALL PRODUCTION FOR MOST YEARS FROM 1915-1926; TOTAL IS LESS THAN $5000 WORTH
Comment (Development): EARLY HISTORY IS UNKNOWN; PRODUCTION RECORDS SHOW A SMALL PRODUCTION FOR MOST YEARS FROM 1915 TO 1926.
Comment (Geology): SHALLOW VALLEY FILL
Comment (Deposit): EARLY PLACER HISTORY IS NUT KNOWN; PRODUCTION RECORDS SHOW A SMALL PRODUCTIVE FOR MOST YEARS FROM 1915 TO 1926 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965 ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 459-B
Reference (Production): ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965
Reference (Deposit): STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 88.
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
