The Moapa Venture is a gold mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Moapa Venture MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Moapa Venture
Secondary: Moapa
Secondary: Moapa Project
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: PGE
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Enoch Resources
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1982
Owner Name: Various Private Interests.
Percent: 31.00
Info Year: 1996
Owner Name: Force Resources Ltd.
Percent: 10.00
Info Year: 1996
Owner Name: Louisiana Mining Corp.
Percent: 59.00
Info Year: 1996
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): PRILIMINARY DRILLING PHASE OF EXPLORATION.
References
Reference (Deposit): OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982, P. 34.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): COMPANIES, P259.
Reference (Deposit): NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1982, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE
Reference (Reserve-Resource): COMPANIES, P337.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES AND MINING
Reference (Reserve-Resource): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1994/95, U.S. MINES AND MINING
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.
