Veteran-Tripp Open Pit

The Veteran-Tripp Open Pit is a mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,001 feet.

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Site Name

Primary: Veteran-Tripp Open Pit

Commodity

Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Mercury
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Robinson

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Type: Patented

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: Robinson Mining Ltd. Partnership
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1993

Owner Name: Kennecott Copper Corp.
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1972

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1900
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

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

Unknown: Molybdenite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Argentite

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESERVES PRESENT QUANTITY UNKNOWN

Comment (Deposit): BASE YR COST OF MINE AND MILL 1970. 2 YR PREPRODUCTION. PREPROD DURING LAST 2 YRS OF RUTH SURFACE MINE OP.) ESTIMA MINE LIFE = 9 YRS. COSTS REFLECT ONLY ADDITIONAL I MENT MADE ON RUTH MINE AND MILL OPERATION. (320330 NEW DUMP LEACH FACILITY ASSUMED TO BE CONSTRUCTED PREVIOUS KIMBLEY-DUMP LEACH PIT WILL BE FULL BEFOR TRIPP-PIT OPERATION STARTS. REC-130 MINE ADDITIONAL CAP. COST 1970 $ VALUE- TOTAL $13,91 ACQ $ 0 EXPL 0 DEVEL 6,147,500 EQPT 6,159,600 PLANT 0 WORK CAP 1,609,500 MINE OP COSTS $0.352/MT (INCLUDES MINING ORE AND LE REC-151 MILL ADDITIONAL CAPITAL COSTS ARE 0 DOLLARS. PLANT AND EQPT $0 WORK CAPITAL 0 MILL OP COSTS $1.179/MT (THIS COST INCREASES BY 30% 3YRS OF OPERATION DUE TO END OF 15YR DEPRECIATION L OLD MILL = 15YRS FROM START OF RUTH PRODUCTION.) REC-211 NO RESERVE ESTIMATION FOR WASTE ROCK THAT IS DUMPED REC-251 BASE YEAR COSTS OF LEACH AND RECOVERY FACILITIES -19 NEW LEACH AND RECOVERY PLANT CAP. COSTS- 1970 DOLLAR TOTAL $22,11 PLANT + EQPT $19,598,600 WORKING CAP 2,520,600 LEACH AND RECOVERY OP COSTS $ 0.238/MT MILL FEED GRADE FOR LEACHED ORE ASSUMED THIS IS ONE OF FIVE PAST PRODUCING OPEN PITS THAT ARE PART OF PROPOSED ROBINSON PROJECT (0320339014).

References

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA, 11TH ANNUAL FIELD CON. P.210-19.

Reference (Deposit): WHITE PINE CO. AREA. GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF EAST CEN

Reference (Deposit): HORTON, ROBERT C, 1960, HISTORY OF THE MINERAL INDUSTRY IN T

Reference (Deposit): OF EAST CENTRAL NEVADA, 11TH ANNUAL FIELD CONFERENCE P 220

Reference (Deposit): MINING DISTRICT, WHITE PINE CO, NEVADA, GUIDEBOOK TO THE G

Reference (Deposit): DAVER, H. L. JR, 1960, PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS IN THE ROBIN

Reference (Deposit): ANNUAL FIELD CON. P. 229-31.

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF EAST CENTRAL NEVADA, 1

Reference (Deposit): ADAIR, D. H, ET AL, 1960, INTRUSIVE IGNEOUS ROCKS OF EAST CE

Reference (Deposit): ELY (RESERVE-OPERATING DATA SECTION) INFERRED RES. GIVEN O

Reference (Deposit): RESERVE ESTIMATE REFERENCE- LYMON MOORES 1972 COPPER DATA FI

Reference (Deposit): ROBINSON PROJECT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, 1993.

Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF PAPER 96.

Reference (Deposit): SPENCER, A. C, 1917, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF ELY, NEVADA

Reference (Deposit): DISTRICT IN NEVADA, MINING AND METALLURGY, V 13, N 304, P

Reference (Deposit): PENNEPACKER, E.N, 1932, GEOLOGY OF THE ROBINSON (ELY) MINING

Reference (Deposit): OPERATION CONFID FILE AT USBM IFOC,DENVER FEDERAL CENTER.

Reference (Deposit): 11TH ANNUAL FIELD CON. P 72-80.

Reference (Deposit): MOORE LYMON, 1972 COPPER DATA COST FILE OF KENNECOTT ELY MI

Reference (Deposit): OF THE ELY AREA. GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF EAST CENTRAL

Reference (Deposit): LANGENHEIM, R. L, 1960, EARLY AND MIDDLE MISSISSIPPIAN STRAT

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.