Canyon Placer Deposit

The Canyon Placer Deposit is a gold mine located in Lander 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: Canyon Placer Deposit  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lander

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 40.5, -117.11667

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Satelite image of the Canyon Placer Deposit

Canyon Placer Deposit MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Canyon Placer Deposit


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: Nevada
County: Lander


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

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


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold


Comments

Not available


References

Reference (Deposit): ROCKY MOUNTAIN PAY DIRT, MAY, 1988, P. 6A-8A


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.