Olinghouse Canyon Placers

The Olinghouse Canyon Placers is a gold mine located in Washoe county, Nevada at an elevation of 1,640 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Olinghouse Canyon Placers
Secondary: Olinghouse Gold Property
Secondary: Olinghouse Canyon Placer
Secondary: Lower Olinghouse Mine ?
Secondary: Green Hill-Payback
Secondary: Deep West Extension
Secondary: Gold Chain
Secondary: North Extension
Secondary: Olinghouse

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Olinghouse (White Horse) District

Land Status

Land ownership: Unknown
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: Patented
Type: Located Claim

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: Vaughan Construction
Info Year: 1991

Owner Name: New Gold, Inc
Info Year: 1991

Owner Name: Oraco
Company ID: 2601736
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1982

Owner Name: Phelps Dodge Mining Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Arizona
Info Year: 1995

Owner Name: Alta Gold Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1995
Years: 1994 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Heap Leach-Electrowin
Discovery Year: 1993
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 (Deposit): MSHA MINES ID #2601736 IS FOR A COMPANY BY THE NAME OF ORACO. ESTIMATED LIFE OF MINE IS 12 YEARS. ALTA GOLD ANNOUNCED THAT IT HAS INCREASED ITS LAND POSITION BY MORE THAN 50% FROM APPROX. 4300 ACRES TO MORE THAN 6700 ACRES. MINEABLE AU RESERVES ARE 662,200 OZ. THE COMPANY IS IN THE FINAL STAGES OF PERMITTING THE INITIAL MINE AT OLINGHOUSE. OPERATIONS ARE SCHEDULED TO BEGIN THIS SUMMER (1997) AND AU PRODUCTION AT AN ANNUALIZED RATE OF 120,000 OZ/YEAR IS EXPECTED TO COMMENCE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER (5-97).

Comment (Reserve-Resource): PROVEN + PROBABLE ORE RESERVES, 12/31/96:

Comment (Ownership): ALTA GOLD CO. PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY FROM PHELPS DODGE, 07/94.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): NO BACK UP DATA OR SOURCE FOR R-REC 1.

References

Reference (Deposit): NORTHERN MINER, AUG., 96, V82, #25, P15.

Reference (Deposit): ALTA GOLD CO. NEWS RELEASE, 04/09/96, PP. 1 - 3.

Reference (Deposit): THE NORTHERN MINER, 6-2-97, P. B1-2.

Reference (Deposit): SOUTHWESTERN PAYDIRT, #697, JULY 1997, P17.

Reference (Deposit): SKILLINGS MINING REVIEW, V 86, #19, MAY 10, 1997, P11.

Reference (Deposit): THE DAILY PROSPECTOR, NEWS RELEASE, OCT 19-21, 1996, P1.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): ALTA GOLD CO., 1996 FORM 10-K REPORT, PP. 4, 11.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): THE NORTHEN MINER, JULY, 29, 1996, P 19.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, SEPT., 4, 1996, P15.

Reference (Deposit): SKILLINGS MINING REVIEW, OCT., 26, 1996, P10.

Reference (Deposit): THAN 50 PERCENT." POINT CAST BUSINESS WIRE, 4-30-97.

Reference (Deposit): 04/09/96, 07/16/96.

Reference (Deposit): "ALTA GOLD CO. EXPANDS LAND POSITION AT OLINGHOUSE BY MORE

Reference (Deposit): ALTA GOLD CO. NEWS RELEASE, 07/11/95, 08/24/95, 01/16/96,

Reference (Deposit): COMPANIES, PP. 263, 264.

Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, P17.

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

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA MINES DIRECTORY, 1995/96, PP. 1, 2, 28, 29.

Reference (Deposit): OF MINE INSPECTION, 1983, 60P.

Reference (Deposit): ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982. COMPILED BY DIVISION

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA DIVISION OF MINERALS, DIRECTORY OF MINE OPERATIONS

Reference (Deposit): NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 70, 1969, P. 75-76.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1356, 1973, P. 89.

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.