The Alligator Ridge Plant is a gold mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,402 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,402 Feet (2,256 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.8067, -115.52000
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Alligator Ridge Plant MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Alligator Ridge Plant
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Nerco Minerals Co.
Home Office: Washington
Info Year: 1987
Owner Name: Amselco Minerals, Inc.
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1987
Owner Name: Occidental Minerals Corp.
Percent: 50.00
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1982
Owner Name: Amselco Minerals, Inc.
Percent: 50.00
Info Year: 1982
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Operation Type: Processing Plant
Mining Method: Unknown
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): OCCIDENTAL MINERALS IS A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM. AMSELCO MINERALS INC. IS A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF SELECTION TRUST LTD, WHICH WAS ACQUIRED BY BRITISH PETROLEUM LTD. IN 1980.
References
Reference (Deposit): DESIGN, SOC. MIN. ENG. AIME, 1987, PP. 77-92.
Reference (Deposit): MINE, NEVADA. PAPER IN GEOTECH. ASPECTS OF HEAP LEACH
Reference (Deposit): RATES VS. HEAP HEIGHT; A CASE STUDY AT ALLIGATOR RIDGE
Reference (Deposit): NO. SO22028, OCTOBER, 1982
Reference (Deposit): RUZYCKI, A., AND R. A. WOMACK. HEAP LEACHING RECOVERY
Reference (Deposit): RIDGE PROPERTY, ELY, NEVADA, FINAL REPORT, USBM CONTRACT
Reference (Deposit): MINE/DEPOSIT FILE REPORT AMSELCO MINERALS INC. ALLIGATOR
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.
