American Canyon Divide Prospect

The American Canyon Divide Prospect is a silver mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,348 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

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Site Name

Primary: American Canyon Divide Prospect
Secondary: American Passmine ?

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Spring Valley 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: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
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: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: Normal Faults

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Some Argillization

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Sphalerite

Comments

Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SHORT ADITS

Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL SHORT ADITS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS ARE LESS THAN 5 CM TO 1M THICK. SEVERAL NORMAL FAULTS OFFSET VEINS MORE THAN 3 METERS. SILVER REPORTED FROM SPARSE MINERALS ASSOCIATED WITH GALENA.

Comment (Geology): QUARTZ VEINS ARE LESS THAN 5 CM TO 1 METER THICK. SEVERAL NORMAL FAULTS OFFSET VEINS MORE THAN 3 METERS. SILVER REPORTED FROM SPARSE MINERALS ASSOCIATED WITH GALENA, BUT THE MINERALIZATION IS SUB-ECONOMIC IN 1914.

References

Reference (Deposit): VIKRE, P. G., 1978, GEOLOGY & SILVER MINERALIZATION OF THE ROCHESTER DISTRICT, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; PH.D. THESIS STANFORD UNIV.

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

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F. C., 1914, THE ROCHESTER MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA; USGS BULL. 580-M

Reference (Deposit): USGS, 1969, MAP GQ-820

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.