Veteran-Tripp Open Pit

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Mercury, Molybdenum, Silver, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10125336
MAS/MILS ID 0320330002
Record type Site
Current site name Veteran-Tripp Open Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -115.03027, 39.26324 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Riepetown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Hamilton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

White(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016 N 062 E 07 C SE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Molybdenite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -115.03027, 39.26324

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 200M
    Length 810M
    Width 170M
    Depth to top 60M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Type of Orebody #2 STOCKWORK
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 ADV ARGILLIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 PROPYLITIC
    Date of Last Modification 830708

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1900

Mining district

District name Robinson

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Kennecott Copper Corp.
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1972
  • Type Operator
    Owner Robinson Mining Ltd. Partnership
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1993

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES PRESENT QUANTITY UNKNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method BENCH (BERM)
    Swell Factor .27
    Percent Waste Rock 25
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 60
    Hardness of Ore HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 12
    Capacity 109800
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost .35
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 357
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1970

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RESERVE ESTIMATE REFERENCE- LYMON MOORES 1972 COPPER DATA FI

  • Deposit

    ELY (RESERVE-OPERATING DATA SECTION) INFERRED RES. GIVEN O

  • Deposit

    ADAIR, D. H, ET AL, 1960, INTRUSIVE IGNEOUS ROCKS OF EAST CE

  • Deposit

    NEVADA, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF EAST CENTRAL NEVADA, 1

  • Deposit

    ANNUAL FIELD CON. P. 229-31.

  • Deposit

    DAVER, H. L. JR, 1960, PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS IN THE ROBIN

  • Deposit

    MINING DISTRICT, WHITE PINE CO, NEVADA, GUIDEBOOK TO THE G

  • Deposit

    OF EAST CENTRAL NEVADA, 11TH ANNUAL FIELD CONFERENCE P 220

  • Deposit

    HORTON, ROBERT C, 1960, HISTORY OF THE MINERAL INDUSTRY IN T

  • Deposit

    WHITE PINE CO. AREA. GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF EAST CEN

  • Deposit

    NEVADA, 11TH ANNUAL FIELD CON. P.210-19.

  • Deposit

    LANGENHEIM, R. L, 1960, EARLY AND MIDDLE MISSISSIPPIAN STRAT

  • Deposit

    OF THE ELY AREA. GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF EAST CENTRAL

  • Deposit

    11TH ANNUAL FIELD CON. P 72-80.

  • Deposit

    MOORE LYMON, 1972 COPPER DATA COST FILE OF KENNECOTT ELY MI

  • Deposit

    OPERATION CONFID FILE AT USBM IFOC,DENVER FEDERAL CENTER.

  • Deposit

    PENNEPACKER, E.N, 1932, GEOLOGY OF THE ROBINSON (ELY) MINING

  • Deposit

    DISTRICT IN NEVADA, MINING AND METALLURGY, V 13, N 304, P

  • Deposit

    SPENCER, A. C, 1917, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF ELY, NEVADA

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF PAPER 96.

  • Deposit

    ROBINSON PROJECT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, 1993.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BASE YR COST OF MINE AND MILL 1970. 2 YR PREPRODUCTION. PREPROD DURING LAST 2 YRS OF RUTH SURFACE MINE OP.) ESTIMA MINE LIFE = 9 YRS. COSTS REFLECT ONLY ADDITIONAL I MENT MADE ON RUTH MINE AND MILL OPERATION. (320330 NEW DUMP LEACH FACILITY ASSUMED TO BE CONSTRUCTED PREVIOUS KIMBLEY-DUMP LEACH PIT WILL BE FULL BEFOR TRIPP-PIT OPERATION STARTS. REC-130 MINE ADDITIONAL CAP. COST 1970 $ VALUE- TOTAL $13,91 ACQ $ 0 EXPL 0 DEVEL 6,147,500 EQPT 6,159,600 PLANT 0 WORK CAP 1,609,500 MINE OP COSTS $0.352/MT (INCLUDES MINING ORE AND LE REC-151 MILL ADDITIONAL CAPITAL COSTS ARE 0 DOLLARS. PLANT AND EQPT $0 WORK CAPITAL 0 MILL OP COSTS $1.179/MT (THIS COST INCREASES BY 30% 3YRS OF OPERATION DUE TO END OF 15YR DEPRECIATION L OLD MILL = 15YRS FROM START OF RUTH PRODUCTION.) REC-211 NO RESERVE ESTIMATION FOR WASTE ROCK THAT IS DUMPED REC-251 BASE YEAR COSTS OF LEACH AND RECOVERY FACILITIES -19 NEW LEACH AND RECOVERY PLANT CAP. COSTS- 1970 DOLLAR TOTAL $22,11 PLANT + EQPT $19,598,600 WORKING CAP 2,520,600 LEACH AND RECOVERY OP COSTS $ 0.238/MT MILL FEED GRADE FOR LEACHED ORE ASSUMED THIS IS ONE OF FIVE PAST PRODUCING OPEN PITS THAT ARE PART OF PROPOSED ROBINSON PROJECT (0320339014).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-JUL-93 Hite, Alan G. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Operator history (post-MRDS)

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