The Trenton/Valmy Project is a gold mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,906 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,906 Feet (1,800 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.6264, -117.20970
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Trenton/Valmy Project MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Trenton/Valmy Project
Secondary: The Valmy
Secondary: See Mas Seq# 0320130063
Secondary: Getchell Undg/Turquoise Ridge
Secondary: Trenton Canyon
Secondary: The North Peak
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Battle Mountain District
Land Status
Land ownership: Mixed
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
Type: Private Lease
Type: Located Claim
Type: Patented
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Santa Fe Pacific Gold Corp.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: New Mexico
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1996 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Heap Leach-Merrill-Crowe
Year First Production: 1996
Discovery Year: 1988
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
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 (Economic Factors): LIFE OF OPERATION IS EXPECTED TO BE 7 YEARS. THE NORTH PEAK AND VALMY PITS WILL BE DEVELOPED FIRST.
Comment (Production): SEE LONE TREE MINE MAS SEQ # 0320130514 FOR TOTAL LONE TREE MINING COMPLEX PRODUCTION; THIS INCLUDES TRENTON CANYON & MULE CANYON AS WELL:
Comment (Reserve-Resource): TOTAL DEMONSTRATED RESOURCES; PROV+PROB+MEAS+INDI(MINZED MAT) AS OF 12/31/96: CAPACITY IS UNK; INCLUDED WITH THE LONE TREE ADIT AS IS GOLD PRODUCTION:
Comment (Deposit): PROPERTY INCLUDES THREE ORE DEPOSITS: THE NORTH PEAK - 1988 THE VALMY - 1989 AND THE TRENTON CANYON - 1991 THIS DEPOSIT CONTAINS THE MAJORITY OF THE TRENTON CANYON RESERVES. ALSO LISTED ON MRDS AS ID #M23181, ORE BODIES LOCATED ALONG TRENTON CREEK IN TRENTON CANYON, JUST SOUTH OF THE HUMBOLDT/ LANDER COUNTY LINE, IN LANDER, COUNTY NEVADA.
References
Reference (Deposit): MINING ENGINEERING, SEPT., 1996, PP. 39-43.
Reference (Deposit): PR NEWSWIRE, OCT., 21, 1996, P1.
Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN METALS MARKETS, V 103, #20, JUNE 6, 22, 1995, P5.
Reference (Deposit): 1995/96, NEVADA MINES DIRECTORY, PP. 17-18.
Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, PP. 213-214.
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHWESTERN PAYDIRT, OCT., 1996, #688, P18.
Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, V 106, #22, MAY 31, 1995, P1.
Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, V ?, #?, JUNE 8, 1995, P8.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): RANDOL, MINING DIRECTORY 1996/97, U.S. MINES AND MINING
Reference (Reserve-Resource): COMPANIES, P276.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): SANTA FE PACIFIC GOLD CORPORATION, FORM 10-K REPORT,
Reference (Reserve-Resource): PP. 17-18.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): MINING ENGINEERING, SEPT., 1996, P39.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): SANTA FE PACIFIC GOLD CORPORATION 1996 FORM 10-K, PP. 5, 7,
Reference (Reserve-Resource): 13.
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.
