The Spaulding Canyon Mine is a gold mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,600 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: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.53, -117.82278
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Spaulding Canyon Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Spaulding Canyon Mine
Secondary: Nevada Midas Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Gold Banks Or Willow Creek 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
Owner Name: Bora Bora Mining, Inc., Contractor For Upe And E Corp, Spaulding Canyon Mine
Home Office: 401 Hansen St., Winnemucca, Nv 89445
Owner Name: Nevada Midas Mining Corp.
Home Office: P.O. Box 2075, Winnemucca, Nv 89445
Years: 1983 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: BLANKET
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Alluvium
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
Comment (Development): LISTED AS AN ACTIVE OPEN PIT GOLD MINE WITH MILL AND GRAVITY CONCENTRATION PROCESS, EMPLOYING A TOTAL OF 6 PERSONS IN 1983. WORKED DURING EARLY 1980'S BY SMALL-SCALE HAND METHODS, IN 1940 BY BULLDOZERS AND CARRYALLS; ALONG A TWO MILE LENGTH. ACTIVE IN 1984, EMPLOYING 4 PERSONS IN OPEN PIT SINGLE BENCH OPERATION. BOTH SPAULDING CANYON MINE (6 EMPLOYEES) AND NEVADA MIDAS MINE (10 EMPLOYEES) WERE LISTED AS ACTIVE IN 1983, BOTH RUN AT THAT TIME BY NEVADA MIDAS MINING CORP., BOTH APPARENTLY IN SPAULDING CANYON. IN 1982, BOTH THE NEV-TEX MINE NO. 1 (16 EMPLOYEES) AND THE RARE EARTH PRODUCTS, INC.'S SPAULDING CANYON MINE (6 EMPLOYEES) WERE OPERATING IN SPAULDING CANYON. RECENT LARGE BUILDINGS MOBILE DREDGE, TRAILERS, ETC. AND PEAPLE PRESENT ON THE SITE IN 1984.
Comment (Workings): OPEN PIT
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA, NBMG BULLETIN 89.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1973, PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; USGS BULLETIN 1356. ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1983.
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, 1936, PLACER MINING IN NEVADA; NBMG BULLETIN 30, NO. 4.PERATIONS ACTIVE IN 1984.
Reference (Deposit): STATE DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, 1985, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE IN 1984. #5. STATE DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, 1984, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE IN 1983. #6. JONES, R.B. AND PAPKE, K.G., 1984, NBMG MAP 84. #7. GARSIDE, L.J., 13 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION. #8. NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
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.
