Griffon

The Griffon is a gold mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,921 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Griffon

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: White Pine District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Griffon Resources, Inc
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1996

Owner Name: Alta Gold Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1996
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-Merrill-Crowe
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 (Ownership): WAS PURCHASED FROM GRIFFON RESOURCES, INC. IN 1994.

Comment (Economic Factors): THE COMPANY ENVISIONS A MINE LIFE OF 2 YRS.

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT WAS EXCAVATED IN THE EXTREME NW CORNER OF THE LIBERTY PIT. PROPERTY IS SOME WHERE BETWEEN 46 AND 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELY NEVADA, WHITE PINE COUNTY. THIS WOULD PLACE THE PROPERTY IN NYE COUNTY NEVADA, NOT WHITE PINE CONUTY. ACCORDING TO THE MILS LAT/LONGS THE PROPERTY IS ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF DUCKWATER, NEVADA, WHICH IS ON THE DUCKWATER INDIAN RESEVATION. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN SEC 21 OF TS12N-R56E NOT CONVINCED THAT THIS IS THE CORRECT LOCATION OF THIS PROPERTY. NEED A BETTER LOCATION:

References

Reference (Reserve-Resource): 1995, THE NEVADA MINERALS INDUSTRY, 1995, P19.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, SPECIAL PUBLICATION MI-

Reference (Deposit): COMPANIES, P248.

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

Reference (Deposit): COMPANIES, P327.

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

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

Reference (Deposit): ALTA GOLD COMPANY, 1995 ANNUAL REPORT, PP. 6, 17.

Reference (Deposit): ALTA GOLD CO. APRIL 9, 1996, NEWS RELEASE.

Reference (Deposit): SKILLINGS MINING REVIEW, V86, #30, JULY 26, 1997, P8.

Reference (Deposit): THE NORTHERN MINER, 6-2-97, P. B2.

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

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

Reference (Reserve-Resource): ALTA GOLD CO., 1996 FORM 10-K REPORT, PP. 6, 11.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): ALTA GOLD CO., 1995 ANNUAL REPORT, PP. 6, 17.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): ALTA GOLD CO., APRIL 9, 1996, NEWS RELEASE.

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.