The American Flat Canyon Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,234 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,234 Feet (1,900 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.53806, -118.76722
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American Flat Canyon Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: American Flat Canyon Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Sites 1486
Secondary: 2813
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Farrell District; Stonehouse Canyon District; Seven Troughs District (Northern Part)
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: Homestake Mining Co.
Years: 1984 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Kaolinization
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 1486 CONTAINED 2% FE, 0.5% MG, 0.1% CA, 0.15% TI, 1000 PPM MN, 2 PPM AG, 2000 PPM AS, 50 PPM B, 1000 PPM BA, 2 PPM BE, 20 PPM CR, 20 PPM CU, 20 PPM LA, 7 PPM MO, 7 PPM NI, 30 PPM PB, 10 PPM SC, 100 PPM V, 50 PPM Y, 70 PPM ZR. SAMPLE 2813 CONTAINS 5% FE, 0.5% MG, 0.2% CA, 0.2% TI, 200 PPM MN, 2 PPM AG, 1000 PPM AS, 30 PPM B, 1000 PPM BA, 2 PPM BE, 15 PPM CR, 50 PPM CU, 50 PPM LA, 15 PPM MO, 10 PPM NI, 100 PPM PB, 7 PPM SC, 50 PPM V, 30 PPM Y, 150 PPM ZR.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCESSIBLE BY FAIR ROAD WEST OF STONEHOUSE AND NORTH TO AMERICAN FLAT . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): RECENTLY STAKED IN 1984
Comment (Deposit): MINE WORKINGS ARE ALONG N 50 E VERTICAL SHEARED CONTACT OF LAYERED VOLCANIC ROCKS AND GRANODIORITE; LARGE OUTCROP OF FE-OXIDE-STAINED VOLCANIC BRECCIA TO EAST OF MINE AREA. VOLCANICS AND GRANODIORITE ARE FE-OXIDE STAINED AND KAOLINIZED. LAYERING IN VOLCANICS TRENDS N 10 E, 30 SE. SAMPLE 2813 WAS TAKEN FROM N-S VEIN IN LARGEST ADIT. SAMPLE 1486 WAS OF ALTERED RHYOLITE, FE-MN-STAINED.
Comment (Workings): OLD ADITS (ONE MAJOR), TRENCHES, PROSPECTS, REMAINS OF CAMP, ASSAY OFFICE
References
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 4 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 6 JUN 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89, PL. I
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.
