| Deposit ID | 10125779 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M031298 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0320330004 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Veteran-Tripp Lo-Grade Open Pit |
| Related records | 10037321 |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -115.03027, 39.26324 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2134 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | White Pine |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 016 N | 062 E | 07 | C SE | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Mercury | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Argentite | Unknown |
| Chalcopyrite | Unknown |
| Molybdenite | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -115.03027, 39.26324 |
|---|
| Thickness | 200M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 1500M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 300M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 60M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1900 |
| District name | Robinson |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Kennecott Copper Corp. |
| Home office | Nevada |
| Year | 1972 |
| Type of workings | Surface | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0320330004 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M031298 | MAS references MRDS |
RESERVE ESTIMATE REFERENCE- LYMON MOORES 1972 COPPER DATA FI
ELY (RESERVE-OPERATING DATA SECTION) INFERRED RES. GIVEN O
ADAIR, D. H, ET AL, 1960,INTRUSIVE IGNEOUS ROCKS OF EAST CEN
NEVADA, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF EAST CENTRAL NEVADA, 1
ANNUAL FIELD CON. P. 229-31.
BAUER, H L JR, 1960, PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS IN THE ROBINSO
MINING DISTRICT, WHITE PINE CO, NEVADA, GUIDEBOOK TO THE G
OF EAST CENTRAL NEVADA, 11TH ANNUAL FIELD CONFERENCE P 220
HORTON, ROBERT C, 1960, HISTORY OF THE MINERAL INDUSTRY IN T
WHITE PINE CO, AREA. GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF EAST CENT
NEVADA, 11TH ANNUAL FIELD CON P 210-19.
LANGENHEIM, R L, 1960, EARLY AND MIDDLE MISSISSIPPIAN STRATI
OF THE ELY AREA. GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF EAST CENTRAL
11TH ANNUAL FIELD CON, P 72-80.
MOORE,LYMAN,1972 COPPER DATA COST FILE OF KENNECOTT ELY MINI
OPERATION (ON FILE AT USBM IFOC, DENVER FEDERAL CENTER)
PENNEPACKER, E N, 1932, GEOLOGY OF THE ROBINSON (ELY) MINING
DISTRICT IN NEVADA, MINING AND METALLURGY, V 13, N 304, P
SPENCER, A C, 1917, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF ELY, NEVADA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | BASE YR COSTING OF MINE AND MILL 1970. 4 YRS PREPRODUCT ESTIMATED MINE LIFE 15 YRS (BASED ON MINING INFERRED RESER (50% PROB LEVEL). REC-130 MINE CAPITAL COSTS- 1970 DOLLAR VALUE TOTAL $27,050 ACQ $ 300,000 EXPL 1,380,000 DEVEL 10,250,000 EQPT 11,554,400 PLANT 1,407,300 WORK CAP 2,158,800 MINE OP COSTS $0.560/MT REC 151 MILL CAPITAL COSTS -1970 DOLLAR VALUE TOTAL $73,271, PLANT AND EQPT $69,731,700 WORK CAP 3,540,100 MILL OP COSTS $1.039/MT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Hite, Alan G. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:
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