Broad Canyon Prosepct

The Broad Canyon Prosepct is a silver mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,080 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

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Site Name

Primary: Broad Canyon Prosepct
Secondary: Bowman Mine
Secondary: Stat Prospect Claim
Secondary: Broad Canyon Clains
Secondary: Bowman
Secondary: Broad Claims
Secondary: Shear Zone Claim Prospect
Secondary: Bowman Creek
Secondary: Golden Knob Claims
Secondary: Bc Claims
Secondary: Anda Claims

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Kingston District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Austin-Corman Enterprises/Freeport-Mcmoran
Info Year: 1990

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

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 (Deposit): ANOMALOUS ARSENIC

References

Reference (Deposit): TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

Reference (Deposit): PART OF THE TOIYABE RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS

Reference (Deposit): UNPUBLISHED REPORT, AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT

Reference (Deposit): P. 84-85.

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 88, 1977,

Reference (Deposit): PLATE 13.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 594, 1915, P. 128-129,

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.