Griffon

Plant in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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. 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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10222836
MAS/MILS ID 0320330555
Record type Site
Current site name Griffon

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -115.68418, 38.88324 (WGS84)
Elevation 1500
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Duckwater(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Duckwater(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 012 N 056 E 21 W 1/2 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -115.68418, 38.88324

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Mining method Open Pit
Plant type Leach
Milling method Heap Leach-Merrill-Crowe

Mining district

District name White Pine District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Alta Gold Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1996
    First year 1994
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Griffon Resources, Inc
    Interest 100
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1996
    Last year 1994

Comments on the ownership information

  • WAS PURCHASED FROM GRIFFON RESOURCES, INC. IN 1994.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1997
    Measured 2483000mt ore
    Demonstrated 2483000mt ore
    Total resources 2483000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.86 g/mt Gold Major 1997

Comments on other economic factors

  • THE COMPANY ENVISIONS A MINE LIFE OF 2 YRS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    ALTA GOLD CO., APRIL 9, 1996, NEWS RELEASE.

  • Reserve-Resource

    ALTA GOLD CO., 1995 ANNUAL REPORT, PP. 6, 17.

  • Reserve-Resource

    ALTA GOLD CO., 1996 FORM 10-K REPORT, PP. 6, 11.

  • Reserve-Resource

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, SPECIAL PUBLICATION MI-

  • Reserve-Resource

    1995, THE NEVADA MINERALS INDUSTRY, 1995, P19.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    COMPANIES, P327.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES AND MINING

  • Deposit

    COMPANIES, P248.

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, P17.

  • Deposit

    1995/96, NEVADA MINES DIRECTORY, PP. 1, 29.

  • Deposit

    THE NORTHERN MINER, 6-2-97, P. B2.

  • Deposit

    SKILLINGS MINING REVIEW, V86, #30, JULY 26, 1997, P8.

  • Deposit

    ALTA GOLD CO. APRIL 9, 1996, NEWS RELEASE.

  • Deposit

    ALTA GOLD COMPANY, 1995 ANNUAL REPORT, PP. 6, 17.

  • Deposit

    SOUTHWESTERN PAYDIRT, #697, JULY 1997, P17.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT WAS EXCAVATED IN THE EXTREME NW CORNER OF THE LIBERTY PIT. PROPERTY IS SOME WHERE BETWEEN 46 AND 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELY NEVADA, WHITE PINE COUNTY. THIS WOULD PLACE THE PROPERTY IN NYE COUNTY NEVADA, NOT WHITE PINE CONUTY. ACCORDING TO THE MILS LAT/LONGS THE PROPERTY IS ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF DUCKWATER, NEVADA, WHICH IS ON THE DUCKWATER INDIAN RESEVATION. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN SEC 21 OF TS12N-R56E NOT CONVINCED THAT THIS IS THE CORRECT LOCATION OF THIS PROPERTY. NEED A BETTER LOCATION:

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-SEP-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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