Mary Ann Canyon Placer

The Mary Ann Canyon Placer is a gold mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,499 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: Mary Ann Canyon Placer  

State:  Nevada

County:  White Pine

Elevation: 6,499 Feet (1,981 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 39.05611, -114.41139

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Mary Ann Canyon Placer MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Mary Ann Canyon Placer
Secondary: Tilford Placers
Secondary: Hogum


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Osceola District


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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
Discovery Year: 1879
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Placer Au-PGE


Orebody

Form: CHANNELS


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: PAY STRATUM YIELDED $6-$8/CU. YD. IN 1907. FINENESS OF GOLD-844-857


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Deposit): PLACER DEPOSITS OCCUR IN CHANNELS BURIED UNDER MATERIAL OF THE ALLUVIAL FAN BELOW THE MOUTH OF MARY ANN CANYON. THEY USUALLY OCCUR IN A STRATUM OVERLYING A SO-CALLED CEMENT, OR FALSE BEDROCK AT SEVERAL LEVELS 1935 SAMPLING IDENTIFIED 7 CHANNELS AVERAGING 2 MILES LONG, 60 FT WIDE

Comment (Workings): CHANNELS WERE WORKED BY SINKING OR DRIFTING AND SLUICING IN PRE-1908 DAYS. HOGUM PLACERS WERE WORKED WITH A PORTABLE PLACER MACHINE IN 1933-1934

Comment (Commodity): GOLD IS GENERALLY VERY FINE BUT ONE NUGGET WEIGHING 24 LB WAS FOUND

Comment (Location): AT MOUTH OF MARY ANN CANYON . UTM IS TO NEAR CENTER OF WORKINGS WHICH COVER A LARGE AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Comment (Development): WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. DURING SUMMER OF 1907, GOLD BAR PLACER CO. EMPLOYED 2-4 MEN AND THE PROPERTY GAVE A SATISFACTORY RETURN ON INVESTMENT. WORKED IN 1933-1935. IN 1935 4000 ACRES NORTH OF HOGUM CONSOLIDATED 19 SEPARATE PLACER HOLDINGS UNDER THE OSCEOLA GOLD MINING CORP. MINING ACTIVITY IN 1980.


References

Reference (Deposit): TERRADATA, 1980, A MINERAL INVENTORY OF THE SCHELL RESOURCE AREA, ELY DISTRICT: PREPARED FOR BLM.

Reference (Deposit): HOSE, R.K., BLAKE, M.C. JR. & SMITH, R.M., 1976, NBMG BULL 85 PT. II., P. 60-62.

Reference (Deposit): WEEKS, F.B., 1908, USGS BULL 340, P. 117-133

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W.O., 1936, NBMG BULL 27, P. 167-173.

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1973, USGS BULL 1356, P. 93-95.


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.