The Copper Canyon Placers is a gold mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,001 feet.
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
Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.53111, -117.13000
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Copper Canyon Placers MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Canyon Placers
Secondary: Claims: Annex
Secondary: Big Nugget
Secondary: Comet
Secondary: Homestake
Secondary: Guy Davis
Secondary: Estes
Secondary: Gold Grown
Secondary: Oversite Oversight
Secondary: Sunrise Fraction.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Battle Mountain
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
Owner Name: Battle Mountain Gold Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1909
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral Not In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin & Mountains
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
Age Young: Holocene
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): 1 1/3 MILES UP FROM MOUTH OF COPPER CANYON; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = WINNEMUCCA (1971) 1:250000
Comment (Reserve-Resource): 1987-1989 FIGURES REPRESENT PROVEN AND PROBABLE RESERVES AS OF 12/31 OF EACH YEAR.
Comment (Commodity): GOLD-COARSE AND ANGULAR, OFTEN CONTAINING INCLUSIONS OF QUARTZ AND ROCK.
Comment (Production): 1913-1938 FIGURES REPRESENT PRODUCTION FOR ALL COPPER CANYON PLACER CLAIMS.
Comment (Geology): PRINCIPAL PLACER CHANNEL WAS 8-10 FT. WIDE AT "THE NARROWS" AT 5500 FT ELEVATION AND IT WIDENED UPSTREAM TO 25-30 FT AT THE SITE OF THE COPPER CANYON MINE CAMP (B.M.5562) AND THEN GRADUALLY NARROWED AGAIN. THE PAY CHANNEL WAS AS MUCH AS 4 1/2 FT. THICK, CONSISTING OF A BASAL GRAVEL LAYER 18 INCHES THICK OF QTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY BOULDERS AND A LITTLE GOLD, OVERLAIN BY A 3 FT-THICK GOLD-BEARING LAYER OF SEDIMENTS DERIVED FROM THE QUARTZITE AND HORNFELS OF THE HARMONY AND BATTLE FORMATIONS.
Comment (Development): GUY DAVIS MADE THE FIRST PLACER DISCOVERY IN COPPER CANYON IN 1909. PLACER OPERATIONS WERE CARRIED FROM THE MOUTH OF COPPER CANYON UPSTREAM ABOUT 1 1/3 MILES. THE MANY CLAIMS IN THIS VALLEY ARE TREATED COLLECTIVELY. MOST PRODUCTIVE PERIODS OF PLACER ACTIVITY HERE WERE 1909-11, 1920'S, AND 1930'S. NONE OF THESE CLAIMS WAS BEING WORKED IN 1955. DURING 1987, BATTLE MOUNTAIN GOLD CO. CARRIED OUT A PILOT-SCALE TESTING PROGRAM TO EVALUATE THE FEASIBILITY OF A PLACER OPERATION ON THE KNOWN AU RESOURCE. BATTLE MOUNTAIN GOLD CO. STARTED UP PRODUCTION IN LATE 1988. PERSISTENT MATERIALS HANDLING PROBLEMS HINDERED OPERATIONS AND AU PRODUCTION IN 1989 WAS MINIMAL. THE PRODUCTION TARGET FOR 1990 IS 10,000 OZ. AU.
Comment (Deposit): MAIN CHANNEL CONSISTED OF AN 18-INCH THICK BASAL GRAVEL LAYER OVERLAIN BY A 3-FT. THICK GOLD-BEARING LAYER OF SEDIMENTS.
References
Reference (Production): 1913-1938 FIGURES: JOHNSON, M.G., 1973, PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, USGS BULL. 1356.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): 1987-1989 FIGURES: BATTLE MOUNTAIN GOLD CO., 1990, ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1989.
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF PAPER 459-B.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1973, PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, USGS BULL. 1356.
Reference (Deposit): BATTLE MOUNTAIN GOLD CO., 1988, ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1987.
Reference (Deposit): BATTLE MOUNTAIN GOLD CO., 1990, ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1989.
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.
