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Haywood Leach Facility

Producer in Lyon county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10125075
MAS/MILS ID 0320199006
Record type Site
Current site name Haywood Leach Facility

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -119.6607, 39.2527 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Virginia City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016 N 021 E 18 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -119.6607, 39.2527
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1989

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Oliver Hill Mining Co., Inc.
    ID 2601675
    Year 1989
    First year 1989
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Canyon Resources Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1987
    First year 1987
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Nevex Gold Co., Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office Washington
    Year 1987
    Last year 1987

Comments on the ownership information

  • IN 1987 CANYON RESOURCES CORP. MERGED WITH AND ACQUIRED NEVEX GOLD COMPANY, INC.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1990, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1989, P. 54.

  • Deposit

    NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1993, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1992, P. 56.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, V98, #48, DECEMBER 2, 1987, P1, "CANYON

  • Deposit

    ACQIIRES NEVEX GOLD".

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-OCT-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 04/04/1995
MSHA mine ID2601675
Mine name (MSHA)Oliver Hills Leach Facility
Current operatorOliver Hills Mining Company Inc
Current controller (parent)B M R Gold Corp
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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