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Contact (Nevada) |
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USA
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Nevada |
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Contact |
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PAST PRODUCER
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Number of claims |
110 |
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Latitude / Longitude |
39 N 5 / 117 W 12 |
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| Risk and valuation analysis of the Contact (Nevada) Project |
| Status Risk : Past Producer |
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| Title(s) of the Contact (Nevada) Project |
 | Allied Nevada Gold Corp.
Owner: 100% |
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| Title | Company Profile | All Projects | Company website | Company project page |
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| Location of the Contact (Nevada) Project |
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The small settlement of Contact is located approximately 52 miles north of Wells, Nevada and 16 miles south of Jackpot, Nevada. The mining district is immediately west of the town of Contact and extends for several miles west and southwest of town.
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| History of the Contact (Nevada) Project |
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The mining district, referred to as both the Contact or Salmon River district, was discovered in the early 1870's and was first worked for gold and silver. However, copper was soon discovered and the vast majority of the historic work in the district more...
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| Geology of the Contact (Nevada) Project |
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The area is underlain by a granodiorite batholith and related rocks of Mesozoic age which intruded a Late Paleozoic sedimentary sequence of' shale and limestone. Contact metamorphism and metasomatism produced skarns and hornfels in the sediments up t more...
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Data last updated on : 8/28/2008
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Disclaimer
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