The Veteran-Tripp Lo-Grade Open Pit is a mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,001 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.2633, -115.02940
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Veteran-Tripp Lo-Grade Open Pit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Veteran-Tripp Lo-Grade Open Pit
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Mercury
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Robinson
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: Patented
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Kennecott Copper Corp.
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1972
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1900
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
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: Argentite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Molybdenite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): BASE YR COSTING OF MINE AND MILL 1970. 4 YRS PREPRODUCT ESTIMATED MINE LIFE 15 YRS (BASED ON MINING INFERRED RESER (50% PROB LEVEL). REC-130 MINE CAPITAL COSTS- 1970 DOLLAR VALUE TOTAL $27,050 ACQ $ 300,000 EXPL 1,380,000 DEVEL 10,250,000 EQPT 11,554,400 PLANT 1,407,300 WORK CAP 2,158,800 MINE OP COSTS $0.560/MT REC 151 MILL CAPITAL COSTS -1970 DOLLAR VALUE TOTAL $73,271, PLANT AND EQPT $69,731,700 WORK CAP 3,540,100 MILL OP COSTS $1.039/MT
References
Reference (Deposit): ADAIR, D. H, ET AL, 1960,INTRUSIVE IGNEOUS ROCKS OF EAST CEN
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF EAST CENTRAL NEVADA, 1
Reference (Deposit): ANNUAL FIELD CON. P. 229-31.
Reference (Deposit): BAUER, H L JR, 1960, PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS IN THE ROBINSO
Reference (Deposit): MINING DISTRICT, WHITE PINE CO, NEVADA, GUIDEBOOK TO THE G
Reference (Deposit): OF EAST CENTRAL NEVADA, 11TH ANNUAL FIELD CONFERENCE P 220
Reference (Deposit): HORTON, ROBERT C, 1960, HISTORY OF THE MINERAL INDUSTRY IN T
Reference (Deposit): WHITE PINE CO, AREA. GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF EAST CENT
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA, 11TH ANNUAL FIELD CON P 210-19.
Reference (Deposit): LANGENHEIM, R L, 1960, EARLY AND MIDDLE MISSISSIPPIAN STRATI
Reference (Deposit): OF THE ELY AREA. GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF EAST CENTRAL
Reference (Deposit): 11TH ANNUAL FIELD CON, P 72-80.
Reference (Deposit): MOORE,LYMAN,1972 COPPER DATA COST FILE OF KENNECOTT ELY MINI
Reference (Deposit): OPERATION (ON FILE AT USBM IFOC, DENVER FEDERAL CENTER)
Reference (Deposit): PENNEPACKER, E N, 1932, GEOLOGY OF THE ROBINSON (ELY) MINING
Reference (Deposit): DISTRICT IN NEVADA, MINING AND METALLURGY, V 13, N 304, P
Reference (Deposit): SPENCER, A C, 1917, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF ELY, NEVADA
Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF PAPER 96.
Reference (Deposit): RESERVE ESTIMATE REFERENCE- LYMON MOORES 1972 COPPER DATA FI
Reference (Deposit): ELY (RESERVE-OPERATING DATA SECTION) INFERRED RES. GIVEN O
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.
