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Crescent Valley Gold Placer Mine

Plant 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10125508
MAS/MILS ID 0320150116
Record type Site
Current site name Crescent Valley Gold Placer Mine
Alternate or previous names Crescent Valley Placer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.60923, 40.30821 (WGS84)
Elevation 1670
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

East of 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028 N 048 E 07 C Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -116.60923, 40.30821
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Mining method Alluvial Mining
Year of first production 1996
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Gravity
Milling method Gravity

Mining district

District name Crescent Valley District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Maymac Petroleum Inc. (Maymac Petroleum Corp.)
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1996
    First year 1993

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1997
    Demonstrated 6117000mt ore
    Total resources 6117000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.0013 g/mt Gold Major 1997

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    THE MINING RECORD, SEPT 4, 1996, P5.

  • Ownership

    AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, PP. 38, & 159.

  • Ownership

    AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1997, PP. 43, & 184-185:

  • Reserve-Resource

    AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1997, PP. 184-185:

  • Deposit

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1994/95, U.S. MINES & MINING

  • Deposit

    COMPANIES, P. 316, "CRESCENT VALLEY PLACER.

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996:

  • Deposit

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTOYR, 1996/97, U.S. MINES & MINING

  • Deposit

    COMPANIES, P. 238, "CRESCENT VALLEY PLACER".

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1997:

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-MAY-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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