The Tule Canyon Placers is a gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Tule Canyon Placers MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tule Canyon Placers
Secondary: Bat Claim
Secondary: Los Angeles Rock and Gravel Co. Claims;
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Tule Canyon 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
Discovery Year: 1848
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: BLANKET
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: TOTAL=$0.33/CUBIC YARD.
Analytical Data: ZIRCON AND RUTILE, $0.015
Analytical Data: COLUMBITE AND EUXENITE, $0.015
Analytical Data: MONAZITE AND XENOTIME $0.03
Analytical Data: URANOTHORITE $0.03
Analytical Data: FLUORITE,$0.06
Analytical Data: W,$0.06
Analytical Data: VALUES PER CUBIC YARD GIVEN IN 1954 WERE:AU,$0.12
Materials
Ore: Zircon
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Xenotime
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Monazite
Ore: Euxenite
Ore: Rutile
Ore: Gold
Ore: Columbite
Comments
Comment (Development): A PROSPECTOR WAS SINKING A SHAFT TO BED ROCK IN THE CANYON BOTTOM IN 1964. PLACERS WERE WORKED BY MEXICANS PRIOR TO 1848,AND THEY WERE "REDISCOVERED" IN 1876, AND WORKED CONTINUOSLY IN 1900'S ON A SMALL SCALE. LOS ANGELES ROCK AND GRAVEL CO (1933-1936) ATTEMPTED A LARGER SCALE MINING EFFORT, WORKING A 2-MILE SEGMENT ALONG THE UPPER PART OF THE CANYON, AND E.E. LAYTON WORKED AN AREA 1 MILE IN EXTENT ABOUT 1.5 MILE BELOW THEIR OPERATION. SMALL OPERATORS HAVE CONTINUED MINING SINCE THEN.
Comment (Workings): SHAFTS AND VARIOUS SURFACE OPERATIONS
Comment (Deposit): GOLD IS CONCENTRATED ALONG BEDROCK AND WITHIN THE OVERLYING 6 FT OF GRAVELS ABOVE BEDROCK. VEIN MATERIAL IS BRECLIATED, COATED WITH DRUSYQUARTZ
Comment (Location): UTM IS TO ONE CENTRALLY LOCATED SHAFT IN TULE CANYON,AMONG MANY WHICH EXTEND FOR 4 MILES ALONG THE UPPER PART OF TULE CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
References
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J.,1973, NBMG BULL 81,P.52
Reference (Deposit): LOVERING,T.G.,1954, USGS BULL 1009-C, P.96.
Reference (Deposit): BAKER,ARTHUR,III,1964,UNPUB.NOTES ON LIDA DISTRICT:NBMG FILE 95,ITEM2.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON,M.G.,1973,USGS BULL 1356, P.22-24
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG,W.O.,1936,NBMG BULL 30.
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, P. AND BENTZ,J.,1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, 11 MAY 1983.
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.
