Pete Deposit

Occurrence in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10084956
MRDS ID W700382
Record type Site
Current site name Pete Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.3076, 40.90907 (WGS84)
Elevation 1814

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rodeo Creek NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Battle Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 036N 049E 13 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = WINNEMUCCA (1971) 1:250000; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = RODEO CREEK NE (1968) 1:24000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 172
USGS model code 26a
Deposit model name Carbonate-hosted Au-Ag
Mark3 model number 15

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lynn; Carlin Trend

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Newmont Gold Co. (Newmont Mining Corp.)

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1988
    Total resources 514000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 4.545 g/mt Gold Major 1988
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1985
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 5.251 g/mt Gold Major 1985
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1986
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 5.59 g/mt Gold Major 1986
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1988
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.016 g/mt Gold Major 1988
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Total resources 1000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.734 g/mt Gold Major 1991

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 1988 FIGURES: MEASURED, INDICATED AND INFERRED GEOLOGIC RESOURCES. 1989 FIGURES: MEASURED, INDICATED AND INFERRED GEOLOGIC RESOURCES AS OF DECEMBER 27, 1989 USING A CUTOFF GRADE OF 0.010 OPT AU.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHRISTENSEN, O. D., KNUTSEN, G. C., AND EKBURG, C. E., 1987, DISSEMINATED GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE CARLIN TREND, EUREKA AND ELKO COUNTIES, NEVADA: SOCIETY OF MINING ENGINEERS PREPRINT NUMBER 87-84, 7 P.

  • Deposit

    ROCKY MOUNTAIN PAY DIRT, JUNE, 1988, P. 3A.

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 1991, DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT, BETZE PROJECT.

  • Deposit

    NEWMONT GOLD COMPANY, 1987, ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1986.

  • Deposit

    NEWMONT GOLD COMPANY, 1988, ANNUAL REPORT FORM 10-K FOR 1987.

  • Deposit

    NEWMONT GOLD COMPANY, 1990, ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1989.

  • Deposit

    NEWMONT GOLD COMPANY, 1992, ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1991.

  • Deposit

    MCFARLANE, D. N., 1991, GOLD PRODUCTION ON THE CARLIN TREND, IN BUFFA, R. AND COYNER, A., EDS., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GREAT BASIN - FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK COMPENDIUM, THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA, RENO, P. 841-843.

  • Deposit

    NBMG, 1994, MI-1993

  • Reserve-Resource

    1988 FIGURES: ROCKY MOUNTAIN PAY DIRT, JUNE, 1988, P. 3A. 1989 FIGURES: MCFARLANE, D. N., 1991, GOLD PRODUCTION ON THE CARLIN TREND, IN BUFFA, R. AND COYNER, A., EDS., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GREAT BASIN - FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK COMPENDIUM, THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA, RENO, P. 841-843. NBMG MI-1993

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1988 Paidakovich, Matthew E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1993 Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Moyer, Lorre A.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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