Nevada · Lander County
Producer

Copper Canyon Placers

Lander County, Nevada, United States
GoldSilver
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Description

Guy Davis

Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeplacer
Model119: Placer Au-PGE
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formblanket, channels, lenticular sheets
Ore controlGold-bearing material is localized in the main channels with some work on benches.
Materials
Ore mineralsGold
Geology
Host rockGravel
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production years1909-1911; 1920s-1930s; 1981-1990?
First production1909
Last production1990
Discovery year1909
Identification
Deposit ID10310308
MRDS IDM231318
Alternate namesEstes Claim, Gold Crown Claim, Oversite (Oversight) Claim, Sunrise Fraction Claim, Camp Dahl and Christensen (Grand Hills Mining Co.), Annex Claim, Big Nugget Claim, Comet Claim, Homestake Claim, Guy Davis Claim, Wilson Placer, Greenan Placer, Natomas placer operations
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.53101, -117.13095
References
Theodore, T.G., and Blake, D.W., 1975, Geology and Geochemistry of the Copper Canyon Porphyry Copper Deposit and Surrounding Area, Lander County, Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 798-B, p. B10.Huttl, J.B., 1950, How Natomas Keeps a Large Dredge Operating in the Desert: Engineering and Mining Journal, v. 135, no. 4, p. 173.Stager, H.K, 1977, Geology and Mineral Deposits of Lander County, Nevada, Part II, Mineral Deposits: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin 88p. 67.Vanderburg, W.O., 1939, Reconnaissance of Mining Districts in Lander County, Nevada: U.S. Bureau Of Mines Information Circular 7043, p. 33-34.Roberts, R.J., and Arnold, D.C., 1965, Ore Deposits of the Antler Peak Quadrangle, Humboldt and Lander Counties, Nevada: U.S.G.S. Prof. Paper 459-B.Johnson, M.G., 1973, Placer Gold Deposits of Nevada, USGS Bull. 1356.Battle Mountain Gold Co., 1988, Annual Report for 1987.Battle Mountain Gold Co., 1990, Annual Report for 1989.Long, K.R., DeYoung, J.H., Jr., and Ludington, S.D., 1998, Database of significant deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in the United States; Part A, Database description and analysis; part B, Digital database: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-206, 33 p., one 3.5 inch diskette.Doebrich, Jeff, 1995, Geology and Mineral Deposits of the Antler Peak n7.5-minute quadrangle, Lander County, Nevada, NBMG Bull 109, 44 p.Geological Society of Nevada, 1999, Geology and Gold Mineralization of the Buffalo Valley Area, Northwestern Battle Mountain Trend; GSN Special Publication No. 31, 1999 Fall field trip Guidebook.Wendt, Clancy, 2004, Technical Report on the? ICBM/COPPER BASIN Property, Lander and Humboldt Counties, Nevada, Staccato Gold website, : http://www.staccatogold.com/i/pdf/icbm-43-101.pdf