Alligator Ridge Plant

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

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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.