Nevada · Nye County
Plant

Paradise Peak / Ketchup Flat Pits

Nye County, Nevada, United States
GoldSilverCopper
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Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsSurface
Materials
Other materialsAcanthite, Cerargyrite, Gold, Silver
Economic & production
Development statusPlant
First production1986
Discovery year1982
Identification
Deposit ID10198457
MRDS IDM042771
Alternate namesParadise Peak Project, Paradise Peak Mine, Sullivan/Paradise Peak, Fmc Corp Goose Claims, Ketchup FlatsParadise PeakGoose Claim
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.74992, -117.96814
References
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. FMC FINDS DEPOSITS OF GOLD ANDSILVER ORE. V. CX, NO. 11, JAN. 17, 1984, P. 39.BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENPARADISE PEAK PROJECT, DECEMBER 1984.BUTER, L.J. & D.J. COLLINS. PARADISE PAK PRECIOUSMETALS MILL BEGINS PRODUCTION AHEAD OF SCHEDULE AND UNDERBUDGET. MINING ENGINEERING, DECEMBER 1986, PP 1102-1104.DAYTON, S.H. A MODEL MINE AND PLANT FOR PARADISE PEAKE&MJ, FEBRURARY 1987, P 18-24.FMC CORPORATION. PLAN OF OPERATION FOR THE PARADISEPEAK PROJECT, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA, SUBMITTED TO BLM TONOPAHRESOURCE AREA HEADQUARTERS, JUNE 20, 1984, 24PP.NEVADA MINING ASSOCIATION. PROSPECTORS, FMC MAKE NEVADAGOLD-SILVER DISCOVERY. BULLETIN+ WINTER 1983-1984, PP. 2-3.MINING JOURNAL. PARADISE PEAK ON SCHEDULE. NOVERMBER 291985, PP. 414-5.PAY DIRT. INTERMOUNTAIN EDITION. CONTRACT PROSPECTORSLED TO FMC'S PARADISE PEAK DISCOVERY. APRIL 1984, P. 8A.SKILLING'S MINING REVIEW. FMC APPOINTS MANAGEMENT TEAMTEAM FOR PARADISE PAK GOLD PROJECT. FEBRUARY 2, 1985, P.3.THOMASON, ROBERT E. GEOLOGY OF THE PARADISE PAK GOLD/SILVER DEPOSIT NYE COUNTY, NEVADA. PRESENTED AT THE NORTHWESMINING ASSOC. CONVENTION, SPOKANE, WA. DEC. 6, 1986.THOMASON, ROBERT E. GEOLOGY OF THE PARADISE PEAK GOLD/SILVER DEPOSIT NYE COUTNY, NEVADA IN PRECIOUS-METAL MINERAL-IZATION IN THE HOT SPRINGS SYSTEMS, NEVADA-CALIFORNIA,NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY REPORT 41, 1986, P.90-92.TONOPAH TIMES-BONZAZ. BLM APPROVES GABBS MINE PROJECT.JANUARY 17, 1985.VOYLES, SUSAN. BIG GOLD. SILVER DEPOSIT DISCOVERED NEARGABBS, IN RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL, JANUARY 17, 1984, P. 1A.RANDOL MINES DIRECTORY, 1994/95, US MINES AND MININGCOMPANIES, P341.RANDOL MINES DIRECTORY, 1996/1997, US MINES AND MININGCOMPANIES, P274.AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, P102.E & MJ, FEB. 1987, P20, 12 MILLION ST @ 0.097 TROZ/ST AUOZ/ST AU, 3.53 TR 0Z/ST AGRANDOL, MINING DIRECTORY, 1994/95, U.S. MINES & MINING1996, AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK.THE NORTHERN MINER, JUNE 3, 1996, PP. B3, B6.NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1991, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINEOPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1990, P. 72.ARIMETCO INT'L INC. 1995 ANNUAL REPORT. PP. 8,9SOUTHWESTERN PAY DIRT. DECEMBER, 1995. P. 13A.THE NORTHERN MINER, JUNE 3, 1996, P B4.