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Relief Canyon

The Relief Canyon is a gold and silver mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,397 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

Name: Relief Canyon

State:  Nevada

County:  Pershing

Elevation: 5,397 Feet (1,645 Meters)

Commodity: Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 40.2042, -118.17030

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Relief Canyon MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Relief Canyon
Secondary: Emerald Spar Fluorite

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Relief-Antelope

Land Status

Land ownership: Mixed
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

Type: Fee Ownership
Type: Located Claim

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: Pegasus Gold Inc.
Company ID: 2670105
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Washington
Info Year: 1984
Years: 1984 - 1993

Owner Name: J. D. Welsh And Assoc.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1994
Years: 1993 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Plant Subtype: Ion Exchange-Electrowin
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Bench (Berm)
Milling Method: Hydrometallurgy Unspecified
Year First Production: 1984
Discovery Year: 1979
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

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

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Electrum
Unknown: Fluorite
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Jasper
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Sericite
Unknown: Clay
Unknown: Hematite

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): OPERATION CLOSED, 08/90.

Comment (Location): GENERAL LOCATION IS ABOUT 24 KM EAST OF LOVELOCK. PRODUCTION STARTED IN OCTOBER OF 1984. THE ORE BODY WAS MINED OUT BY SEPT 1989. HEAP LEACH RECOVERY OPERATION CLOSED AUG. 1990. MINE AREA IN RECLAIMATION.

Comment (Economic Factors): HEAP LEACH OPERATION. 1988 PRODUCTION= 40,000 OZ. 1989 PROD. = 29,900 OZ FROM 1,450,000 MT LEACHED. 1989 RESERVE = 0 (MINED OUT?).

Comment (Ownership): PROPERTY SOLD BY PEGASUS IN DEC., 1993.

Comment (Geology): GOLD IS IN AND NEAR JASPEROID SILICIFICATION PRINCIPALLY WITHIN A SEDIMENTARY BRECCIA AT THE CONTACT BETWEEN THE ABOVE 2 HOST FORMATIONS.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): PUBLISHED RESERVES SHOWN AS MORE THAN 8M TONNES IN THE MINING JOURNAL MAY 18, 1984 P337, BUT NO R SET IS INCLUDED.

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION IN 1990 RECOVERY OP AT 4100 OZ GOLD.

Comment (Deposit): GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY IS SMALL.

References

Reference (Deposit): 224. GRACE, K. A. EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN 1982.

Reference (Deposit): WORLD MIN. (YEARBOOK), V. 36, NO. 8, 1983, PP. 60-61.

Reference (Deposit): 329. JOHNSON, M. G. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF

Reference (Deposit): PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA. NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND

Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGY BULLETIN 89, 1977, 115 PP.

Reference (Deposit): 331. JONES, A. LACANA IN NEVADA GOLD BET WITH 2-STAGE

Reference (Deposit): DRILL PROGRAM. THE NORTHERN MINER (TORONTO), V. 68,

Reference (Deposit): NO. 48, FEB. 3, 1983, PP. 1-2.

Reference (Deposit): 496. NEVADA MINING ASSOCIATION (RENO). LACANA CONSTRUCTS

Reference (Deposit): TEST "HEAPS" FOR RELIEF CANYON MINE. NV. MIN. ASSOC. BULL.,

Reference (Deposit): V. 7, NO. 3, 1983, P. 14.

Reference (Deposit): 525. NORTH AMERICAN GOLD MINING INDUSTRY NEWS. LACANA

Reference (Deposit): TREATING ORE HEAPS AT RELIEF CANYON PROPERTY. VOLUME 2,

Reference (Deposit): ISSUE 19, OCT. 12, 1984, P. 13.

Reference (Deposit): 530. NORTHERN MINER (TORONTO). LACANA INCREASES PROFIT,

Reference (Deposit): REVENUE CITES ACTIVITY ON SEVERAL FRONTS. SEPT. 1, 1983,

Reference (Deposit): P. 5.

Reference (Deposit): 658. SKILLINGS' MINING REVIEW. LACANA TO PROCEED WITH

Reference (Deposit): RELIEF CANYON GOLD PROJECT IN NEVADA: HEAP LEACHING TO

Reference (Deposit): BEGIN IN OCTOBER AT DEPOSIT NEAR LOVELOCK, NEV. V. 73,

Reference (Deposit): NO. 19, 1984, P. 21.

Reference (Deposit): 662. SLAVIK, G. (ED.). PINSON MINE, FLORIDA CANYON

Reference (Deposit): DEPOSIT, ROCHESTER DISTRICT, AND RELIEF CANYON DEPOSIT.

Reference (Deposit): GEOL. SOC. NV 1984 MEETING, FIELD TRIP, AND ROAD LOG,

Reference (Deposit): GEOL. SURV. QUAD. MAP GQ-821, 1969, SCALE 1:62,500.

Reference (Deposit): 810. WITTKOPP, R. W., R. L. PARRAT, AND W. R. BRUCE.

Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION AT THE RELIEF CANYON GOLD

Reference (Deposit): DEPOSIT, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA. ABSTR. IN EXPLORATION

Reference (Deposit): FOR ORE DEPOSITS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA.

Reference (Deposit): SYMP.OF ASSOC. EXPL. GEOCHEM., RENO, NV, MAR. 25-28, 1984,

Reference (Deposit): PP. 46.

Reference (Ownership): NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1991, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

Reference (Ownership): OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1990, P. 77.

Reference (Ownership): RANDOL, 1994/95, MINES DIRECTORY, US MINES AND MINING

Reference (Ownership): COMPANIES, P344.

Reference (Deposit): SEPT. 21-23, 1984, RENO, NV, 68 PP.

Reference (Deposit): 755. WALLACE, R. E., N. J. SILBERLING, W. P. IRWIN, AND D.

Reference (Deposit): B. TATLOCK. GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BUFFALO MOUNTAIN

Reference (Deposit): QUADRANGLE, PERSHING AND CHURCHILL COUNTIES, NEVADA. U.S.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): PEGASUS GOLD INC., 1994 10K REPORT, P.6.

Reference (Deposit): 199. FIANNACA, M., AND J. MCKEE. GEOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT

Reference (Deposit): OF THE RELIEF CANYON GOLD DEPOSIT, PERSHING COUNTY,

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA. PAPER PRES. AT NORTHWEST MIN. ASSOC., 89TH ANNU.

Reference (Deposit): CONV., DEC. 1-3, 1983, SPOKANE, WA, 20 PP; AVAILABLE UPON

Reference (Deposit): REQUEST FROM NORTHWEST MIN. ASSOC., 633 PEYTON BLDG.,

Reference (Deposit): SPOKANE, WA 99201.

Reference (Deposit): NO. 36, SEPT. 1983, PP. 21A- 25A.

Reference (Deposit): 90. CLISBY, H. NEVADA'A PRECIOUS METALS PICTURE LOOKING

Reference (Deposit): BETTER ALL THE TIME. BIG SKY PAYDIRT (BISBEE, AZ),

Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.