The Galena Canyon Placer is a gold mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,620 feet.
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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
Elevation: 5,620 Feet (1,713 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.565, -117.10639
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Galena Canyon Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Galena Canyon Placer
Secondary: Duck Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Battle Mountain 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
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 And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: CHANNEL, BLANKET
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
Analytical Data: SMALL AMOUNT HIGH-SILVER GOLD FOUND NEAR GALENA
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): WORKINGS ALONG BOTTOM OF GALENA CANYON FOR 3 MILES
Comment (Production): VERY SMALL AMOUNT; A FEW OUNCES
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS ALONG GALENA CANYON FOR 3 MILES
Comment (Deposit): PLACER WORKINGS ARE SCATTERED ALONG THE BOTTOM OF GALENA CANYON FOR 3 MILES, BUT PRODUCTION WAS SMALL, HAMPERED BY LARGE BOULDERS IN THE ALLUVIUM, AND BY A LARGE SUB-SURFACE FLOW OF WATER. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
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): VANDERBURG, W.O., 1939, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: U.S.B.M. INF. CIRC. 7043
Reference (Deposit): STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H. AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 88.
Reference (Production): ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965.
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.
