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Iron Canyon placer, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USAi
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Iron Canyon placerPlacer
Battle Mountain Mining DistrictMining District
Lander CountyCounty
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
40° 32' 56'' North , 117° 5' 0'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
40.54907,-117.08344
GeoHash:
G#: 9rhwxtwrq
GRN:
N28W64
Type:
Placer
Köppen climate type:
BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Battle Mountain3,635 (2011)16.3km
Golconda214 (2011)56.4km
Mindat Locality ID:
60247
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:60247:6
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Sec 23 T31N R43E
Tectonics: Basin And Range

Commodity: Gold is coarse and angular with nuggets up to 2 oz reported.

Deposit: Gold is mostly in the 6 ft above bedrock. Most is 18-22 ft beneath surface but may be buried 40-50 ft locally. Deposit is a fan gravel

Deposit type: Placer Au-PGE

Ore(s): Channel, Fan; Restricted Basin, Stream Hydraulics

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7 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
ⓘNative Gold1.AA.05Au
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘGalena2.CD.10PbS
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘRutile4.DB.05TiO2
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘBaryte7.AD.35BaSO4
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘZircon9.AD.30Zr(SiO4)
ⓘTopaz9.AF.35Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
ⓘTitanite9.AG.15CaTi(SiO4)O

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ TopazAl2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
OOxygen
Oⓘ BaryteBaSO4
Oⓘ RutileTiO2
Oⓘ TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O
Oⓘ TopazAl2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
Oⓘ ZirconZr(SiO4)
FFluorine
Fⓘ TopazAl2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
AlAluminium
Alⓘ TopazAl2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
SiSilicon
Siⓘ TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O
Siⓘ TopazAl2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
Siⓘ ZirconZr(SiO4)
SSulfur
Sⓘ BaryteBaSO4
Sⓘ GalenaPbS
CaCalcium
Caⓘ TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O
TiTitanium
Tiⓘ RutileTiO2
Tiⓘ TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O
ZrZirconium
Zrⓘ ZirconZr(SiO4)
BaBarium
Baⓘ BaryteBaSO4
AuGold
Auⓘ Native GoldAu
PbLead
Pbⓘ GalenaPbS

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References

Vanderburg, W.O., (1939), Reconnaissance of Mining Districts in Lander County, Nevada: U.S. Bureau of Mines Information Circular 7043, P. 31.
Roberts, R.J., and Arnold, D.C., (1965), Ore Deposits of the Antler Peak Quadrangle, Humboldt and Lander Counties, Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 459-b, P. B87, Pl. 9.
Theodore, T.G., and Roberts, R.J. (1971), Geochemistry and Geology of Deep Drill Holes at Iron Canyon, Lander County, Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1318, P. 25.
(1973) Placer gold deposits of Nevada. Bulletin 1356. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/b1356
Stewart, John H., McKee, Edwin H., Stager, Harold K. (1977) Geology and Mineral Deposits of Lander County, Nevada. Bulletin 88. Nevada Bureau of Minesp.67
Page, N.J, Theodore, T.G., Venuti, P.E., and Carlson, R.R., (1978), Implications of the Petrochemistry of Palladium at Iron Canyon, Lander County Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Journal of Research, V. 6, No. 1, P. 107-114.
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