Buena Vista Canyon Placer

The Buena Vista Canyon Placer is a gold mine located in Pershing county, Nevada.

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: Buena Vista Canyon Placer  

State:  Nevada

County:  Pershing

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 40.44722, -118.13528

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Buena Vista Canyon Placer MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Buena Vista Canyon Placer


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Unionville 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: PLACER/DISSEMINATED


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 (Development): WORKED ON A SMALL SCALE SINCE 1860'S. A NEW PLACER DISCOVERY WAS MADE IN 1931 THAT WAS ACTIVELY WORKED UNTIL 1936. NO APPARENT ACTIVITY IN 1984.

Comment (Deposit): THE 1931 DISCOVERY CONSISTED OF A 2 TO 3 FT THICK PAY STREAK IN GRAVELS 6-10 FT DEEP TO BEDROCK.

Comment (Deposit): PLACERS ARE FOUND IN GRAVELS IN BUENA VISTA CANYON ABOVE THE ABANDONED TOWNSITE OF UNIONVILLE. WORKED ON A SMALL SCALE SINCE 1860'S. A NEW PLACER DISCOVERY WAS MADE IN 1931 CONSISTING OF A 2 TO 3 FOOT THICK PAY STREAK IN GRAVELS 6-10 FEET DEEP TO BEDROCK. THIS WAS ACTIVELY WORKED BETWEEN 1931 AND 1936. GOLD PROBABLY DERIVED FROM GOLD-BEARING QUARTZ VEINS IN BUENA VISTA CANYON (SUCH AS AT MARIGOLD MINE). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Comment (Production): AMT RECORDED; THOUGHT TO BE TWICE THIS AMT


References

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1973, PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; USGS BULL. 1356

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, 1936, PLACER MINING IN NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 30 NO. 4

Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H. F., JR., SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION

Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3


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.