The Barber Canyon Placers is a gold mine located in Pershing county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Barber Canyon Placers MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Barber Canyon Placers
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Sierra 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: 1865
Discovery Year: 1865
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: BLANKET, CHANNELS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pleistocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Development): SMALL-SCALE RECOVERY METHODSNO APPARENT ACTIVITY IN 1984-85
Comment (Geology): GRAVELS AVERAGED 30 FEET; GOLD WAS CONCENTRATED ON BEDROCK AND ON BENCHES AT THE SIDES OF THE CANYON GOLD IS COARSSE AND AVERAGES 875 FINE.
Comment (Deposit): PLACERS WERE DISCOVERED IN THE 1860'S. MOST OF MINING IN BARBER CANYON DONE DURING THE PERIOD 1870-90. CHINESE MINERS REPORTEDLY MINED $2 MILLION FROM AUBURN AND BARBER CANYONS DURING THIS PERIOD BUT THERE IS SOME DOUBT AS TO WHETHER ACTUAL PRODUCTION WAS THAT HIGH. MINING RESUMED IN THE 1930'S IN BARBER AND DUN GLEN CANYONS. MOST OF THE PLACER GOLD WAS RECOVERED BY SMALL-SCALE METHODS, SUCH AS SLUICING, HYDRAULICKING, AND DRY WASHING. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1860'S
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM IC 6902
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, 1936, PLACER MINING IN NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 30
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1973, PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; USGS BULL. 1356
Reference (Deposit): NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION OF SIERRA DISTRICT 1984-1985
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
Reference (Production): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977
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.
