The Amended Crofoot Placer Mine is a gold mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,429 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,429 Feet (1,350 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.90694, -118.63250
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Amended Crofoot Placer Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Amended Crofoot Placer Mine
Secondary: Black Rock Placers
Secondary: Crofoot Claims
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Sulphur District; Black Rock 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: Cold Eagle Mining Co., William Ridgway, Pres.
Home Office: P.O. Box 2047, Winnemucca, Nv
Years: 1983 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): IN VICINITY OF MANDALAY SPRING . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): LISTED AS AN ACTIVE PLACER GOLD MINE WITH GRAVITY CONCENTRATION OPERATION IN 1982 AND 1983, EMPLOYING 7 PERSONS IN 1982 AND 3 IN 1983. APPARENTLY IDLE 1984-85. OWNED IN 1982 BY BURL LANCE INC., OF WINNEMUCCA. PROBABLY SAME PLACER OPERATED IN 1980 BY BOB WIGLE
Comment (Workings): OPEN PIT
References
Reference (Deposit): STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, 1983, 1984, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982, ALSO 1983.
Reference (Deposit): JONES, R.B. AND PAPKE, K.G., 1984, NBMG MAP 83, ACTIVE MINES AND OIL FIELDS IN NEVADA-1983.
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 1985, FIELD EXAMINATION OF THE SULPHUR DISTRICT.
Reference (Deposit): HUMBOLDT SUN, NEVADA; 1980; THE BLACK ROCK ONE-MAN MINE.
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.
