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Fire Creek Mine

Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086147
MRDS ID W702076
Record type Site
Current site name Fire Creek Mine
Related records 10310332

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.65065, 40.46352 (WGS84)
Elevation 1780

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mud Spring Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crescent Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 30N 47E 22 NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 3 MILES EAST OF CRESCENT VALLEY ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1979

Mining district

District name Hilltop District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Joint Venture Of Klondex Mines And Minex Resources
    First year 1986

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1982
    Total resources 158000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.694 g/mt Gold Major 1982

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT MINE

Comments on development

  • BULLION MONARIN OPTIONED THE PROPERTY TO KLONDEX MINES IN MAY, 19179, WHO CONTINUED MAPPING ASSAYING AND DRILLING. IN 1980, KLONDEX WAS DIONG STRIPPING AND DRILLING AND ANNOUNCED EXPANDED RESERVES. TONNAGE AND GRADE WAS ANNOUNCED IN 1981 AND PLANS FOR A PILOT HEAP LEACH, IN MAY 1981. FIRST GOLD WAS POURED IN NOV., 1981 WITH FULL SCALE MINING AND PRODUCTION PLANNED FOR SPRING OF 1982. KLONDEX THEN DECIDED TO SUSPEND GOLD PRODUCTION AT FIRE CREEK IN EARLY 1982 DUE TO ECONOMIC CONDITIONS. IN DEC., 1982, MINEX RESOURCES ANNOUNCED PLANS TO EXPLORE AND DEVELOP FIRE CREEK UNDER AN AGREEMENT WITH KLONDEX WITH MINING TO BEGIN IN SPRING, 1983. MINEX ANNOUNCED STATRUP OF THE HEAP-LEACH IN SEPT., 1983, AND FIRST POUR WAS IN OCT., 1983. PRODUCTION CONTINUED INTO 1984. EXPLORATORY DRILLING IN SUMMER, 1984, INDICATED PRESENCE OF ADDITONAL RESERVES HIGHER UP ON FIRE CREEK MIUNTAIN. FRUTHER RESERVES EXPECTED IN 1986. HEAP LEACH TESTS PRODUCED ABOUT 1000 OZ AU CONFIRMING LEACHABILITY OF ORE AND
  • VIABILITY OF THE MINE. SEVERAL OTHER TARGETS NEAR ORE ZONE WEE DISCOVERED IN 1986. IN OCT 1986, KLONCEX COMPLETED ARRANGEMENTS WITH ALMA AMERICAN MINING CORP TO DRILL AND DEVELOP THE PROPERTY. ANOTHER TEST HEAP LEACH IN NOV., 1986 WAS SUCCESSFUL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 153, NUMEROUS PRESS CLIPPINGS 1979-1987

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.F., 1986, NBMG MAP 91

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.F., 1988, IN NBMG MI-1987.

  • Reserve-Resource

    BONHAM, H.F., 1988

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1988 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 03/31/2025
MSHA mine ID2602691
Mine name (MSHA)Fire Creek
Current operatorKlondex Gold & Silver Mining Company
Current controller (parent)Hecla Mining Company
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

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