American Canyon Placers

American Canyon Placers is a past producer of gold, mercury in Pershing County, Nevada, in USGS's medium output class. It is one of 429 historic gold producers USGS lists in Pershing County, and number 8 when they are sorted by output class.

Facts

USGS status
Past producer
Output class
medium (USGS class)
Commodities
Gold, Mercury
Deposit type
Placer Au-PGE
Workings
Surface/Underground
County
Pershing County
State
Nevada
Land status (BLM data)
Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management
USGS record
10042560

Source: USGS Mineral Resources Data System (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, positions can be approximate, and "producer" does not mean a mine is operating today. "Output class" is a code whose meaning changed over the years, so compare sites inside this data and do not read it as tonnage.

This location is mapped as federal land. Public land is not an invitation to enter old workings. Ask the managing agency about access, claims and closures.

Gold sites nearby

103 other USGS gold sites within 12 miles. The Pershing County page lists the biggest.