The Crescent Valley Placer is a gold mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,921 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,921 Feet (1,500 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.4, -116.65000
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Crescent Valley Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Crescent Valley Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Crescent Valley District
Land Status
Land ownership: Unknown
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: Unknown
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Crescent Mining Inc.
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1996
Owner Name: Stellar Gold Corp. (Jacqueline Gold Corp. Pre 95)
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Canada
Info Year: 1996
Production
Year: 1994
Description: Gold (Proj) 50000 Oz
Year: 1994
Description: Silver (Proj) 250000 Oz
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Alluvial Mining
Milling Method: Gravity
Discovery Year: 1990
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
Not available
Comments
Comment (Ownership): ORIGINAL OWNER WAS JACQUELINE GOLD CORPORATION (RANDOL 1996), NAME WAS CHANGED, 1995, TO STELLAR GOLD CORPORATION.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESOURCES: PROVEN ORE: 2,000,000 YRDS AT 0.027OZ/YR: PROBABLE ORE 8,000,000 YRDS AT 0.027OZ/YR:
References
Reference (Reserve-Resource): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1994/95, U.S. MINES AND MINING
Reference (Reserve-Resource): COMPANIES, P316, "CRESCENT VALLEY PROJECT".
Reference (Reserve-Resource): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES AND MINING
Reference (Reserve-Resource): COMPANIES, P238, "CRESCENT VALLEY PROJECT".
Reference (Deposit): DATA BASE, #514, PP. 70-72.
Reference (Deposit): FROM KEITH LONG'S NATIONAL ASSESSMENT, 1995 KNOWN DEPOSITS,
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.
