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Sullivan

Plant in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, 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. 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 10222626
MRDS ID M231587
MAS/MILS ID 0320230303
Record type Site
Current site name Sullivan
Alternate or previous names Sullivan Mine, Sullivan/Paradise Peak, Sullivan Patented Claim, Sullivan Patented Claims
Related records 10310360

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.93784, 38.76132 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gabbs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011 N 036 E 29 SESW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.93784, 38.76132
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Mining method Open Pit
Plant type Leach
Plant subcategory Hydromet
Milling method Heap Leach-Merrill-Crowe

Mining district

District name Fairplay

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Arimetco International, Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1996
    First year 1995
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Glamis Gold Inc.
    Home office Canada
    Year 1988
    Last year 1995

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Demonstrated 15400000mt ore
    Total resources 15400000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.34 wt-pct Copper Major 1996
    Gold Au 0.87 g/mt Gold Major 1996
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Demonstrated 7700000mt ore
    Total resources 7700000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.31 wt-pct Copper Major 1996
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Inferred 15569000mt ore
    Total resources 15569000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 8.743 g/mt Gold Major 1996
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Inferred 7756000mt ore
    Total resources 7756000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.31 wt-pct Copper Major 1996
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Demonstrated 15422000mt ore
    Total resources 15422000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.34 wt-pct Copper Major 1996
    Gold Au 0.891 g/mt Gold Major 1996
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Demonstrated 7711000mt ore
    Total resources 7711000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.32 wt-pct Copper Major 1996
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Demonstrated 23133000mt ore
    Total resources 23133000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.333 wt-pct Copper Major 1996
    Gold Au 0.502 g/mt Gold Major 1996

Comments on other economic factors

  • MINED ORE WILL BE SHIPPED TO THE OLD PARADISE PEAK MILL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ARIMETCO INT'L, INC. 1995 ANNUAL REPORT, P8.

  • Ownership

    SOUTHWESTERN PAY DIRT. ARIMETCO TO BUY NEVADA COPPER, GOLD

  • Ownership

    OREBODY. JULY, 1995. P. 3A.

  • Reserve-Resource

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    COMPANIES, P274.

  • Reserve-Resource

    THE NORTHERN MINER, JUNE 3., 1996, P B4.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULL 50, 1951, P59.

  • Deposit

    THE NORTHERN MINER, JUNE 3, 1996, P B4.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-MAY-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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