The Branch Canyon Placers is a gold mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,899 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: 5,899 Feet (1,798 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.21889, -118.12361
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Branch Canyon Placers MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Branch Canyon Placers
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Fairview District; Gold Basin 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: Past 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: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Commodity): GOLD IS VERY FINE
Comment (Location): IN THE LOWER HALF MILE OR MORE OF BRANCH CANYON UTM TO CENTRAL PORTION OF PROBABLE PLACER AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): SEVERAL ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO RECOVER THE GOLD BY DRY-WASHING, MOSTLY UNSUCCESSFUL. DEPOSITS COULD PROBABLY BE MINED BEST BY ROOM AND PILLAR METHOD
Comment (Deposit): GOLD IS VERY FINE AND THE GRAVEL IS ANGULAR AND POROUS. GOLD IS CONCENTRATED ALMOST ENTIRELY ON OR NEAR BEDROCK, WHERE IT WAS SAID TO RUN $2-3/CU YD IN AU.
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., 1947, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE CARSON SINK AREA; OFR.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 83, 1974, 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.
