The Antelope Canyon Placer is a gold mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,000 feet.
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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
Elevation: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.53639, -118.24361
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Antelope Canyon Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Antelope Canyon Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Imlay District; Humboldt District; Eldorado 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
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Not available
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 (Deposit): PLACER MINING ACTIVITY IN THE IMLAY DISTRICT RESTRICTED TO SMALL-SCALE DRY WASHING OF THE GRAVELS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Workings): ACTIVITY WAS RESTRICTED TO SMALL-SCALE DRY WASHING OF THE GRAVELS.
Comment (Geology): PROBABLE SOURCE OF PLACER GOLD IS GOLD-BEARING VEINS THAT OCCUR IN TRIASSIC SEDIMENTARY ROCKS.
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING CO., NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1973, PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: USGS BULL. 1356
Reference (Deposit): SILBERLING AND WALLACE, 1967, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE IMLAY QUAD., PERSHING CO., NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ 666
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.
