The Imlay Canyon Placer is a silver mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,561 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: 5,561 Feet (1,695 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 40.2556, -118.17280
Map: View on Google Maps
Imlay Canyon Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Imlay Canyon Placer
Secondary: Nevada Packard
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Rochester
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Nevada Packard Joint Venture
Company ID: 2601586
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1989
Owner Name: Nevada Packard Mine
Company ID: 2601586
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1982
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): SEC 29; T 28N; R 34E.
References
Reference (Deposit): DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, 1983, 60P.
Reference (Deposit): ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982. COMPILED BY
Reference (Deposit): STATE OF NEVADA. DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS
Reference (Deposit): USGS TOPO MAP LOCATION
Reference (Deposit): MSHA REPORT DATED MARCH 1980
Reference (Deposit): P 585
Reference (Deposit): USGS GEOL MAP GQ-820, 1969, 1/62,500
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 762, 1924, P 69, P 1
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 580, 1915, P 325-372
Reference (Deposit): NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 89, 1977, P 79-81, 82-83, PL 2A
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.
