The Mary Ann Canyon Placer is a gold mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,499 feet.
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
Elevation: 6,499 Feet (1,981 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.05611, -114.41139
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Mary Ann Canyon Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mary Ann Canyon Placer
Secondary: Tilford Placers
Secondary: Hogum
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Osceola 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: 1879
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: CHANNELS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: PAY STRATUM YIELDED $6-$8/CU. YD. IN 1907. FINENESS OF GOLD-844-857
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): PLACER DEPOSITS OCCUR IN CHANNELS BURIED UNDER MATERIAL OF THE ALLUVIAL FAN BELOW THE MOUTH OF MARY ANN CANYON. THEY USUALLY OCCUR IN A STRATUM OVERLYING A SO-CALLED CEMENT, OR FALSE BEDROCK AT SEVERAL LEVELS 1935 SAMPLING IDENTIFIED 7 CHANNELS AVERAGING 2 MILES LONG, 60 FT WIDE
Comment (Workings): CHANNELS WERE WORKED BY SINKING OR DRIFTING AND SLUICING IN PRE-1908 DAYS. HOGUM PLACERS WERE WORKED WITH A PORTABLE PLACER MACHINE IN 1933-1934
Comment (Commodity): GOLD IS GENERALLY VERY FINE BUT ONE NUGGET WEIGHING 24 LB WAS FOUND
Comment (Location): AT MOUTH OF MARY ANN CANYON . UTM IS TO NEAR CENTER OF WORKINGS WHICH COVER A LARGE AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
Comment (Development): WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. DURING SUMMER OF 1907, GOLD BAR PLACER CO. EMPLOYED 2-4 MEN AND THE PROPERTY GAVE A SATISFACTORY RETURN ON INVESTMENT. WORKED IN 1933-1935. IN 1935 4000 ACRES NORTH OF HOGUM CONSOLIDATED 19 SEPARATE PLACER HOLDINGS UNDER THE OSCEOLA GOLD MINING CORP. MINING ACTIVITY IN 1980.
References
Reference (Deposit): TERRADATA, 1980, A MINERAL INVENTORY OF THE SCHELL RESOURCE AREA, ELY DISTRICT: PREPARED FOR BLM.
Reference (Deposit): HOSE, R.K., BLAKE, M.C. JR. & SMITH, R.M., 1976, NBMG BULL 85 PT. II., P. 60-62.
Reference (Deposit): WEEKS, F.B., 1908, USGS BULL 340, P. 117-133
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W.O., 1936, NBMG BULL 27, P. 167-173.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1973, USGS BULL 1356, P. 93-95.
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.
