Rosebud Canyon Placers

The Rosebud Canyon Placers is a gold mine located in Pershing county, Nevada.

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: Rosebud Canyon Placers

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Tin
Secondary: Tungsten
Secondary: Mercury
Tertiary: Titanium, Metal

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Rosebud District; Rabbit Hole 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: Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1911
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Placer Au-PGE

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pleistocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Cassiterite
Ore: Scheelite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): REPORTEDLY, BEST PLACERING WAS NEAR HEADS OF CANYONS. GOLD WAS CHARACTERISTICALLY FLAT NUGGETS. TITANIFEROUS MAGNETITE OFTEN CLOGGED RIFFLES IN SLUICE BOXES.

Comment (Location): MANY SMALL GROUPS OF PLACER OPERATIONS DOTTING THE AREA; THIS PARTICULAR ONE WAS ACTIVE IN 1984. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Development): PLACERS INTERMITTENTLY ACTIVE FROM EARLY 1900'S TO PRESENT. THIS ONE ACTIVE AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN SEPT, 1984. OPERATIONS OFTEN HAVE A SMALL CATCHMENT FOR WATER FROM WHICH THEY PUMP WATER OVER A SLUICE FILLED WITH GRAVELS FROM DIFFERENT PLACES ALONG THE WEST FLANK OF ROSEBUD PEAK.

References

Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 2 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT.

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL. 89, PL. I.

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1973, USGS BULL 1356, P. 72-73.

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W.O., 1936, NBMG BULL. 30.

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.