Gold Placer Claim

The Gold Placer Claim is a gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,048 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

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Site Name

Primary: Gold Placer Claim
Secondary: Anatone-Meadow Canyon Gold Placers

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Titanium

Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin

Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Deposit): MEADOW CANYON AND ITS BRANCH ANTONE CANYON. DO NOT CONFUSE WITH FLOWER MERCURY PLACER GROUND! THE ONLY PLACER DIGGINGS FOUND ON LOWER ANATONE OR ON MEADOW CANYONS IS FOUND ALONG THE SIDE OF ANATONE CREEK, NEXT TO THE MAIN ACCESS ROAD, AT 8050 FEET ELEVATION.

References

Reference (Deposit): RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

Reference (Deposit): AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT PART OF THE TOQUIMA

Reference (Deposit): 1984, KLEINHAMPL AND ZIONY.

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 99B, P. 50 AND 52,

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 50, 1951, P. 25.

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.