The Old Sullivan is a gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 10,082 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 10,082 Feet (3,073 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.5439, -117.09720
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Old Sullivan MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Old Sullivan
Secondary: Black Rock Claims
Secondary: Black Mammoth Project 1980
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
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
Not available
Workings
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Ownership
Owner Name: Ivy Minerals
Info Year: 1987
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
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
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Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
Comment (Ownership): CHARLES LEE, PACIFIC PALISADES, CA LEASED THIS PROPERTY TO HUSTON OIL AND MINERALS (1980), WESTERN MINERALS = EXP. LTD. (1982), AND ARIZONA HILLSIDE MINING (1983). HEAP LEACH OPERATIONS WERE PLANNED. 1988 BLM MASTER TITLE PLATS SHOW IVY MINERALS INC. HAS THIS PROPERTY. THE CLAIM CONSISTS OF: BLACK ROCK NO. 1, BLACK ROCK-BLACK LIME EXTENSION, OLD SULLIVAN, OLD SULLIVAN NOS. 1 AND 2.
References
Reference (Deposit): RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.
Reference (Deposit): AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT PART OF THE TOQUIMA
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.
