The Sideqalk Blonde #1-89 is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Sideqalk Blonde #1-89 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sideqalk Blonde #1-89
Secondary: Doby George
Secondary: Big Four Mine 0320070142
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: Independence Mining Co., Inc.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1995
Owner Name: Atlas Corp.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1995
Years: 1995 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1983
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
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 (Exploration): 691 HOLES DRILLED TO DATE (8/95).
Comment (Deposit): DOBY LAND COVER OVER 14 SQ MI ON PUBLIC LAND. THIS PROPERTY MAY ALSO INCLUDE THESE PROPERTIES: COLUMBIA 0320070764 COLUMBIA QUEEN 0320070143 COLUMBIA-INFIDEL (PATENTED CLAIM) 0320070141 BONANZA & BONANZA QUEEN (SURVEYED) 0320070161 BIG FOUR MINE 0320070142 INDEPENDENCE CALIMS #1-10 0320070429 (ALSO #11-28;NOSEQ#) INDEPENDENCE 0320070290
Comment (Ownership): TERMS OF THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT CALL FOR DELIVERY OF 1.4 MILLION SHARES OF ATLAS COMMON STOCK TO INDEPENDENCE UPON CLOSING ALONG WITH A PAYMENT OF $400,000. ATLAS HAS OPTIONED THIS PROPERTY TO AQUATERRE MINERAL DEVELOPMENT LTD, FOR $3,000,000, AQUATERRE HAS PAID $50,000 SO FAR ATLAS MUST RECIVE $1,500,000 BY APRIL 8, 1997 AND ANOTHER $1,450,000 BY 12/31/97 UPON EXERCISE OF OPTION.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): METALLURGICAL TESTING INDICATES THAT THE MINERALIZATION IS NONREFRACTORY AND AMENABLE TO HEAP LEACH CYANIDATION. BESIDES THE MAIN MINERALIZATION FIVE OTHER ZONES OF MINERAL POTENTIAL HAVE BEEN INDENTIFIED.
References
Reference (Deposit): SKILLINGS MINING REVIEW, VOL, 86, #17, APRIL, 16, 1997, P12.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): COMPANIES, P241.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): ATLAS CORPORATION, 1995 ANNUAL REPORT, P9.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): RANDOL, MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/1997, U.S. MINES & MINING
Reference (Reserve-Resource): ATLAS CORP., NEWS RELEASE, AUG. 17, 1995.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): MINING RECORD, AUG. 23, 1995, P1.
Reference (Ownership): THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 108, #5, JAN. 29, 1997, P5.
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.
