Valmy is a
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the count ...
in
Humboldt County,
Nevada
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, United States, named after the
Battle of Valmy in
France
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.
The Lone Tree gold-mining complex is located adjacent to I-80; mining ended there in 2007, though a small gold resource remains in place there. In 2021, Nevada Gold Mines sold the mine to i-80 Gold, who hope to process ore there.
The
Marigold mine
The Marigold gold mine is an open pit gold mine in Valmy, Nevada, west-northwest of Battle Mountain. The mine is owned and operated by SSR Mining Inc.
Gold mineralization at Marigold is finely disseminated within sedimentary and metasediment ...
is located further south of I-80 and has been in production since 1989.
Valmy is also home to the
North Valmy Generating Station, jointly owned by
NV Energy
NV Energy is a public utility which generates, transmits and distributes electric service in northern and southern Nevada, including the Las Vegas Valley, and provides natural gas service in the Reno–Sparks metropolitan area of northern Nevada ...
and
Idaho Power.
North Valmy Generating Station
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Valmy has a post office, with the ZIP code 89438. As of the 2010 census, the community had a population of 37.
History
Established in 1910 by the Southern Pacific Railroad as a section point, it became Valmy on March 24, 1915. The post office from Stone House, Nevada, was moved to Valmy at that time.
Popular culture
In August 1977 Eric Meola
Eric Meola (born 1946 in Syracuse, New York) is an American photographer. He graduated from Syracuse University in 1968 and is self-taught in the art of photography. In New York he apprenticed under photographer Pete Turner, who influenced Meola' ...
shot photographs of Bruce Springsteen in Valmy, including one in front of DiGrazia's gas station. In 2010 one of the photographs became cover art for ''The Promise''.
Demographics
References
External links
Major mines of Humboldt County
at Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Lone Tree Mine photo gallery
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Census-designated places in Nevada
Census-designated places in Humboldt County, Nevada