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Crescent Valley Placer

Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Production statistics
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10174102
MAS/MILS ID 0320150795
Record type Site
Current site name Crescent Valley Placer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -116.65093, 40.39991 (WGS84)
Elevation 1500
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

Mud Spring Gulch(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)

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 029 N 048 E 10 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -116.65093, 40.39991
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 PLACER
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 OTHER
    Date of Last Modification 961101

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1990
Mining method Alluvial Mining
Milling method Gravity

Mining district

District name Crescent Valley District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Stellar Gold Corp. (Jacqueline Gold Corp. Pre 95)
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1996
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Crescent Mining Inc.
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1996

Comments on the ownership information

  • ORIGINAL OWNER WAS JACQUELINE GOLD CORPORATION (RANDOL 1996), NAME WAS CHANGED, 1995, TO STELLAR GOLD CORPORATION.

Production statistics

  • Year 1994
    Description Gold (Proj) 50000 Oz
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 1555174.05g
  • Year 1994
    Description Silver (Proj) 250000 Oz
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 7775870.25g

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Measured 2000000mt ore
    Indicated 8000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 10000000mt ore
    Total resources 10000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.027 g/mt Gold Major 1996

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESOURCES: PROVEN ORE: 2,000,000 YRDS AT 0.027OZ/YR: PROBABLE ORE 8,000,000 YRDS AT 0.027OZ/YR:

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    COMPANIES, P316, "CRESCENT VALLEY PROJECT".

  • Reserve-Resource

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    COMPANIES, P238, "CRESCENT VALLEY PROJECT".

  • Deposit

    FROM KEITH LONG'S NATIONAL ASSESSMENT, 1995 KNOWN DEPOSITS,

  • Deposit

    DATA BASE, #514, PP. 70-72.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-MAY-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.

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