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Slaven Canyon Alta

Occurrence 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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10246307
MAS/MILS ID 0320150785
Record type Site
Current site name Slaven Canyon Alta
Alternate or previous names Slaven Canyon Property

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.73423, 40.5002 (WGS84)
Elevation 1800
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mule Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Battle Mountain(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 030 N 046 E Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.73423, 40.5002
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 STRATABOUND
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #2 UNKNOWN
    Type of Orebody #3 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OTHER
    Primary Ore Control UNKNOWN
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 960820

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1990

Mining district

District name Battle Mountain District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Private Lease
Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Alta Gold Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1996

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Indicated 1336283mt ore
    Demonstrated 1336283mt ore
    Total resources 1336283mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.2686 g/mt Gold Major 1996

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ADIT DELETED, 96/08, AS OF 1995 ALTA GOLD COMPANY DOES NOT CONSIDER THESE RESERVES IN THEIR TOTAL OXIDE MINERALIZATION MINEABLE INVENTORY. THEY ARE NOT CONSIDERED BY ALTA TO BE PROVEN AND PROBABLE RESERVES. SEE ALTA 1995 ANNUAL REPORT, PP. 18, 19.
  • PRIOR TO 1995 ALTA GOLD COMPANY INCLUDED THESE RESERVES IN THEIR TOTAL OXIDE MINERALIZATION MINEABLE INVENTORY. ALTA SITES RECENT STUDIES TO SUGGEST MORE WORK IS NEEDED BEFORE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF PROPERTY. ALTA NO LONGER CONSIDERS THESE PROVEN &/OR PROBABLE RESERVES. SEE BIB REF 001.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, P17.

  • Reserve-Resource

    RANDOL, MINES DIRECTORY, 1996/1997, U.S. MINES AND MINING

  • Reserve-Resource

    COMPANIES, P272.

  • Deposit

    ALTA GOLD COMPANY, 1995 ANN RPT, P18, 19.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    COMPANIES, P350.

  • Deposit

    1995/96, NEVADA MINES DIRECTORY, PP.1, 2, 26.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AS OF 12/31/95 ALTA HAS NO PLANS TO DEVELOP THIS PROPERTY. THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED ABOUR 15 MILES SE OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN, NV. THE MILS LAT/LONG IS ONLY APPROX USING A FUTURE MAIN ENT AS A REF POINT. THE ORE BODY SHOULD BE WITHIN A FEW MILES OF THE LAT/LONG. ACCURATE DATA WILL BE ENTERED WHEN AVAILABLE. DO NOT GET THIS PROPERTY CONFUSSED WITH SLAVEN CANYON, SEQ# 0320150782, (URANERZ). IT IS IN THE SAME AREA, WITHIN A MILE OR SO THE MILS LAT/LONG. WHEN BETTER DATA IS AVAILABLE THIS WILL BE CORRECTED. ALSO PROPERTY 0320150324, SLAVEN CANYON (BARITE) MINE IS LOCATED CLOSE, WITH IN A MILE OR TWO, TO BOTH ALTA & URANERZ SLAVEN CANYON PROPERTIES. PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 172 UNPATENTED MINING CLAIMS, OVER 3650 AC. & THREE (3) MINING LEASES OF 1000 AC.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-FEB-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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