Paradise Peak Project

The Paradise Peak Project is a gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,282 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Paradise Peak Project
Secondary: Paradise Peak Mine
Secondary: Sullivan/Paradise Peak
Secondary: Fmc Corp Goose Claims
Secondary: Ketchup Flats
Secondary: Paradise Peak
Secondary: Goose Claim
Secondary: Paradise Peak / Ketchup Flat Pits

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper

Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Fairplay

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Located Claim

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: Fmc Gold Co. (Fmc Corp.)
Company ID: 2670092
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Illinois
Info Year: 1996

Owner Name: Fmc Gold Co. (Fmc Corp.) (2% Nsr On Par Pk)
Company ID: 2670092
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Illinois
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1987 - 1995

Owner Name: Arimetco International, Inc.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Arizona
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1995 -

Owner Name: Arimetco Paradise Peak Corp.
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1995 -

Production

Year: 1991
Description: Gold 182000 Oz
Year: 1991
Description: Silver 2261000 Oz
Year: 1991
Description: Mercury 164000 Lb
Year: 1986
Description: Dore' 96pct Ag, 3.5pct Au

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Plant Subtype: Hydromet
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Heap Leach-Carbon Column-Merrill-Crowe
Year First Production: 1986
Discovery Year: 1982
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: M

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: Silver
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Cerargyrite
Unknown: Acanthite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): PARADISE PEAK PITS RESERVES DEPLETED LATE 1993. HEAP LEACH STILL IN OPERATION; SITE UNDER RECLAIMATION TILL 1997. ARIMETCO INTERNATIONAL INC. WIIL USE MILL; HEAP LEACH PADS & MC PLANT TO PROCESS ORE FORM THE ADJACENT KETCHUP PIT AND THE SULLIVAN CU/AU/AG ORE BODY-2.2 MILES AWAY. THE SULLIVAN PROPERTY MAS FILE SEQ# 0320230303; ARIMETCO PLANS TO START UP THE KETCHUP PIT AT THE BEGINNING OF 1997. CLAIMS LOCATED IN SECTIONS 2,3,4,5,6,7,8. CLAIMS FIRST RECORDED STAKED IN DEC 1982. THE CLAIMS ARE CO-LOCATED WITH FINGER ROCK MERCURY PROSPECT, MAS SEQ# 0320230378: USBM IC 8252, P296; NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULLITIN 50, P113.

Comment (Workings): THE NUMBERS GIVEN HERE INCLUDE DATA FOR KETCHUP FLATS PROPERTY. A LIST SHOWING CHEMICALS ADDED WAS ATTACHED TO RETURNED WORKSHEET. THERE ARE NO NATURALLY OCCURRING DETRIMENTAL COMPOUNDS IN THE WASTE.

Comment (Production): MILLING ORE. 1988 AU PROD.= 160,000 OZ. 1989 PROD. = 228,000 OZ. AU FROM MILLING 1,636,000 MT ORE. 1989 RESERVE = 887,000 OZ CONT. AU.

Comment (Ownership): ARIMETCO INTER. INC. PURCHASED 100% OF FMC PARADISE PEAK CORP. IN OCT/95. FOR US$M4.0, SEE BIBLIOG REF, 066-067.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): NO REFERENCE FOR R-REC #2, DATA SAME AS ADIT, DATE IS 1993. BY THEN ORE BODY WAS SUPOSEED TO BE DEPLETED. COULD THIS BE ORE FORM THE SULLIVAN ORE BODY?

References

Reference (Deposit): RANDOL MINES DIRECTORY, 1996/1997, US MINES AND MINING

Reference (Deposit): 1996, AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK.

Reference (Deposit): COMPANIES, P341.

Reference (Deposit): RANDOL, MINING DIRECTORY, 1994/95, U.S. MINES & MINING

Reference (Deposit): OZ/ST AU, 3.53 TR 0Z/ST AG

Reference (Deposit): E & MJ, FEB. 1987, P20, 12 MILLION ST @ 0.097 TROZ/ST AU

Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, P102.

Reference (Deposit): COMPANIES, P274.

Reference (Deposit): COMPANIES, P341.

Reference (Deposit): RANDOL MINES DIRECTORY, 1994/95, US MINES AND MINING

Reference (Deposit): BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMEN

Reference (Deposit): SILVER ORE. V. CX, NO. 11, JAN. 17, 1984, P. 39.

Reference (Deposit): THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. FMC FINDS DEPOSITS OF GOLD AND

Reference (Reserve-Resource): THE NORTHERN MINER, JUNE 3, 1996, P B4.

Reference (Ownership): SOUTHWESTERN PAY DIRT. DECEMBER, 1995. P. 13A.

Reference (Ownership): ARIMETCO INT'L INC. 1995 ANNUAL REPORT. PP. 8,9

Reference (Ownership): OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1990, P. 72.

Reference (Ownership): NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1991, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

Reference (Deposit): GABBS, IN RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL, JANUARY 17, 1984, P. 1A.

Reference (Deposit): VOYLES, SUSAN. BIG GOLD. SILVER DEPOSIT DISCOVERED NEAR

Reference (Deposit): JANUARY 17, 1985.

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY REPORT 41, 1986, P.90-92.

Reference (Deposit): IZATION IN THE HOT SPRINGS SYSTEMS, NEVADA-CALIFORNIA,

Reference (Deposit): SILVER DEPOSIT NYE COUTNY, NEVADA IN PRECIOUS-METAL MINERAL-

Reference (Deposit): THOMASON, ROBERT E. GEOLOGY OF THE PARADISE PEAK GOLD/

Reference (Deposit): MINING ASSOC. CONVENTION, SPOKANE, WA. DEC. 6, 1986.

Reference (Deposit): THE NORTHERN MINER, JUNE 3, 1996, PP. B3, B6.

Reference (Deposit): SILVER DEPOSIT NYE COUNTY, NEVADA. PRESENTED AT THE NORTHWES

Reference (Deposit): THOMASON, ROBERT E. GEOLOGY OF THE PARADISE PAK GOLD/

Reference (Deposit): TEAM FOR PARADISE PAK GOLD PROJECT. FEBRUARY 2, 1985, P.3.

Reference (Deposit): SKILLING'S MINING REVIEW. FMC APPOINTS MANAGEMENT TEAM

Reference (Deposit): LED TO FMC'S PARADISE PEAK DISCOVERY. APRIL 1984, P. 8A.

Reference (Deposit): 1985, PP. 414-5.

Reference (Deposit): PAY DIRT. INTERMOUNTAIN EDITION. CONTRACT PROSPECTORS

Reference (Deposit): MINING JOURNAL. PARADISE PEAK ON SCHEDULE. NOVERMBER 29

Reference (Deposit): GOLD-SILVER DISCOVERY. BULLETIN+ WINTER 1983-1984, PP. 2-3.

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA MINING ASSOCIATION. PROSPECTORS, FMC MAKE NEVADA

Reference (Deposit): RESOURCE AREA HEADQUARTERS, JUNE 20, 1984, 24PP.

Reference (Deposit): PEAK PROJECT, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA, SUBMITTED TO BLM TONOPAH

Reference (Deposit): FMC CORPORATION. PLAN OF OPERATION FOR THE PARADISE

Reference (Deposit): E&MJ, FEBRURARY 1987, P 18-24.

Reference (Deposit): DAYTON, S.H. A MODEL MINE AND PLANT FOR PARADISE PEAK

Reference (Deposit): BUDGET. MINING ENGINEERING, DECEMBER 1986, PP 1102-1104.

Reference (Deposit): METALS MILL BEGINS PRODUCTION AHEAD OF SCHEDULE AND UNDER

Reference (Deposit): TONOPAH TIMES-BONZAZ. BLM APPROVES GABBS MINE PROJECT.

Reference (Deposit): BUTER, L.J. & D.J. COLLINS. PARADISE PAK PRECIOUS

Reference (Deposit): PARADISE PEAK PROJECT, DECEMBER 1984.

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.