The Troy Canyon Prospect is a gold mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.26917, -118.09972
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Troy Canyon Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Troy Canyon Prospect
Secondary: Claims Cover Enterprise Mine Area
Secondary: Troy #11-46 Claims
Secondary: Green Rock #2 Claim
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Spring Valley District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Invermay Resources (20%) And Black Thunder Petroleum Corp (20%)- Optionors .
Years: 1985 -
Owner Name: Freeport Minerals Co. (Optionee-Operator-60%)
Years: 1985 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 39 CLAIM BLOCKS OVER 840 ACRES. IN 1983, INVERMAY AND BLACK THUNDER COMPLETED ROAD CONSTRUCTION, TRENCHING AND DRILL SITE PREPARATION. 135 SAMPLES WERE COLLECTED AND RETURNED ASSAYS RANGING FROM TRACE TO 1.046 OZ/ST AU. EIGHT ZONES OF POTENTIAL MINERALIZATION WERE IDENTIFIED. IN 1985, FREEPORT MINERALS TOOK A 60% OPTION ON THE PROPERTY, AND THEY HAVE 5 YEARS TO COMPLETE THEIR OPTION REQUIREMENTS OF SPENDING $1.1 MILLION FOR EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT TO EARN A 60% INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY.
Comment (Workings): OPEN PIT; OLDER ADITS
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89.
Reference (Deposit): MINESEARCH, ANNUAL 1984-85, VOL. VII, P. 465-466; METALS ECONOMICS GROUP, BOULDER, CO.
Reference (Deposit): TODAYS MARKET LINE, 11/18/83; 12/12/83
Reference (Deposit): GEORGE CROSS NEWSLETTER, 4/10/85, P. 2; 10/30/84, P.2.
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
