The South American Canyon Placer is a gold mine located in Pershing county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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South American Canyon Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: South American Canyon Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Spring Valley District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
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): A BOWL-SHAPED DEPRESSION ABOUT 1500 FT WIDE FORMED A NATURAL CONCENTRATION AREA FOR PLACER GOLD.; MODEL NAME COULD ALSO BE: PLACER AU-PGE.
Comment (Workings): NUMEROUS SHAFTS NOT MORE THAN 15 FT DEEP.
Comment (Location): SOUTH 1/2 SEC. 13; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = UNIONVILLE (1954) 1:625000
Comment (Development): NO APPARENT ACTIVITY IN 1984
Comment (Geology): ABOUT HALFWAY UP THE CANYON FROM BUENA VISTA VALLEY IS A BOWL-SHAPED DEPRESSION ABOUT 1,500 FEET WIDE, WHICH FORMED A NATURAL CONCENTRATION AREA FOR PLACER GOLD.
Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPED BY NUMEROUS SHAFTS NOT MORE THAN 15 FEET DEEP. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, 1936, PLACER MINING IN NEVADA; NBMG 30
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1973, PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; USGS BULL. 1356
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.
