Rock Hill Canyon Placers

The Rock Hill Canyon Placers is a gold mine located in Pershing county, Nevada.

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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

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Site Name

Primary: Rock Hill Canyon Placers

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Sierra 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
Year First Production: 1885
Discovery Year: 1885
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: Holocene

Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Location): PLACERS EXTEND FOR 1.5 MILES DOWN THE LENGTH OF ROCK HILL CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Production): REPORTEDLY OVER $2,000,000 WORTH RECOVERED BY CHINESE MINERS, 1880-90

Comment (Development): NO APPARENT ACTIVITY IN 1984-85.

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S

Comment (Deposit): ROCK HILL CANYON WAS WORKED BY CHINESE MINERS DURING THE PERIOD 1880-90 WHO REPORTEDLY RECOVERED $2 MILLION OR MORE; HOWEVER THERE IS SOME DOUBT THAT THE ACTUAL PRODUCTION WAS THIS HIGH ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

References

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1973, PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; USGS BULL. 1356

Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3

Reference (Deposit): NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION OF SIERRA DISTRICT 1984-1985.

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.