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Triplet Gulch Project

Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047578
MRDS ID M242953
Record type Site
Current site name Triplet Gulch Project

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.69371, 40.30463 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Relative position ABOUT 10 MILES SSW OF CRESCENT VALLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tenabo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crescent Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028N 047E 17,16 NE (17) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN TRIPLET GULCH, JUST WEST OF ALTENBURG HILL. UTM TO CENTER OF OPEN PIT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 172
USGS model code 26a
Deposit model name Carbonate-hosted Au-Ag
Mark3 model number 15

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.69371, 40.30463
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bullion District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Coral Resources
    First year 1988

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PLAN TO MINE AT 2000 TPD IN 1988.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 4.856HA
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT MINE AND HEAP LEACH FACILITY

Comments on development

  • FURTHER DRILLING WAS ANTICIPATED IN 1988 TO FURTHER DELINEATE THE NORTHERN EXTENT OF THE OREBODY. MINING WAS TO BEGIN IN FALL OF 1988 AND TO LAST ABOUT 3 YEARS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CORAL RESOURCES, INC., 1988, PLAN OF OPERATIONS FOR THE PROPOSED TRIPLET GULCH PROJECT, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: ON FILE AT NBMG.

  • Deposit

    PRESS CLIPPINGS, 1981-1986. NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 151.

  • Reserve-Resource

    CORAL RESOURCES (1988)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EARLIER WORK WAS ON THE PLACER DEPOSIT IN TRIPLET GULCH, BUT THIS IS A HARD ROCK OPERATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1988 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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