The Alaska Canyon Prospect is a barium-barite mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,180 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,180 Feet (1,579 Meters)
Commodity: Barium-Barite
Lat, Long: 41.24722, -118.55500
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Alaska Canyon Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Alaska Canyon Prospect
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2241
Commodity
Primary: Barium-Barite
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Jackson Mountains 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
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hydrothermal Alteration
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2241, CONTINUOUS CHIP 2.2 FT CONTAINS 3% FE, 0.2% MG, 7% CA, 0.5% TI, 500 PPM MN, 500 PPM B, 5000 PPM BA, 2 PPM BE, 7 PPM CO, 50 PPM CR, 30 PPM CU, 30 PPM NI, 15 PPM PB, 15 PPM SC, 1500 PPM SR, 150 PPM V, 30 PPM Y, 150 PPM ZR.
Materials
Ore: Barite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Sericite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SHEAR ZONE IN FELSIC INTRUSIVE; HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED, WITH SERICITE AND LIMONITE
Comment (Workings): ADIT
Comment (Location): IN ALASKA CANYON . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION AND SUBSEQUENT SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59, 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.
