Trenton/Valmy Project

The Trenton/Valmy Project is a gold mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,906 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Trenton/Valmy Project
Secondary: The Valmy
Secondary: See Mas Seq# 0320130063
Secondary: Getchell Undg/Turquoise Ridge
Secondary: Trenton Canyon
Secondary: The North Peak

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Battle Mountain District

Land Status

Land ownership: Mixed
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: Private Lease
Type: Located Claim
Type: Patented

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: Santa Fe Pacific Gold Corp.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: New Mexico
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1996 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Heap Leach-Merrill-Crowe
Year First Production: 1996
Discovery Year: 1988
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y

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 (Economic Factors): LIFE OF OPERATION IS EXPECTED TO BE 7 YEARS. THE NORTH PEAK AND VALMY PITS WILL BE DEVELOPED FIRST.

Comment (Production): SEE LONE TREE MINE MAS SEQ # 0320130514 FOR TOTAL LONE TREE MINING COMPLEX PRODUCTION; THIS INCLUDES TRENTON CANYON & MULE CANYON AS WELL:

Comment (Reserve-Resource): TOTAL DEMONSTRATED RESOURCES; PROV+PROB+MEAS+INDI(MINZED MAT) AS OF 12/31/96: CAPACITY IS UNK; INCLUDED WITH THE LONE TREE ADIT AS IS GOLD PRODUCTION:

Comment (Deposit): PROPERTY INCLUDES THREE ORE DEPOSITS: THE NORTH PEAK - 1988 THE VALMY - 1989 AND THE TRENTON CANYON - 1991 THIS DEPOSIT CONTAINS THE MAJORITY OF THE TRENTON CANYON RESERVES. ALSO LISTED ON MRDS AS ID #M23181, ORE BODIES LOCATED ALONG TRENTON CREEK IN TRENTON CANYON, JUST SOUTH OF THE HUMBOLDT/ LANDER COUNTY LINE, IN LANDER, COUNTY NEVADA.

References

Reference (Deposit): MINING ENGINEERING, SEPT., 1996, PP. 39-43.

Reference (Deposit): PR NEWSWIRE, OCT., 21, 1996, P1.

Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN METALS MARKETS, V 103, #20, JUNE 6, 22, 1995, P5.

Reference (Deposit): 1995/96, NEVADA MINES DIRECTORY, PP. 17-18.

Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, PP. 213-214.

Reference (Deposit): SOUTHWESTERN PAYDIRT, OCT., 1996, #688, P18.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, V 106, #22, MAY 31, 1995, P1.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, V ?, #?, JUNE 8, 1995, P8.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): RANDOL, MINING DIRECTORY 1996/97, U.S. MINES AND MINING

Reference (Reserve-Resource): COMPANIES, P276.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): SANTA FE PACIFIC GOLD CORPORATION, FORM 10-K REPORT,

Reference (Reserve-Resource): PP. 17-18.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): MINING ENGINEERING, SEPT., 1996, P39.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): SANTA FE PACIFIC GOLD CORPORATION 1996 FORM 10-K, PP. 5, 7,

Reference (Reserve-Resource): 13.

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.