Piute Canyon Placer

The Piute Canyon Placer is a gold mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Piute Canyon Placer  

State:  Nevada

County:  Humboldt

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 40.64361, -117.05917

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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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.