Barber Canyon Placers

The Barber Canyon Placers is a gold mine located in Pershing 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: Barber Canyon Placers  

State:  Nevada

County:  Pershing

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 40.71889, -117.88194

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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

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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

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.