| Deposit ID | 10149626 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M030027 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0320130063 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Getchell Undg/Turquoise Ridge |
| Alternate or previous names | Hansen Creek Pit, Getchell Mine, Getchell Sec 5 Pit 0320130014, Getchell Sec 4 Pit 0320130709, Getchell Mill 0320139014, Valmy Pit See Trenton Canyon, North Pit, Main Pit, Bud Hill |
| Related records | 10173820, 10222786 |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.26096, 41.20989 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1700 |
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Humboldt(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Adam Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Osgood Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
McDermitt(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Humboldt |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 039 N | 042 E | 33 | W2SWNW | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Mercury | Tertiary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Arsenopyrite | Unknown |
| Calcite | Unknown |
| Chabazite | Unknown |
| Chalcopyrite | Unknown |
| Cinnabar | Unknown |
| Fluorite | Unknown |
| Gold | Unknown |
| Kaolinite | Unknown |
| Magnetite | Unknown |
| Marcasite | Unknown |
| Orpiment | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Realgar | Unknown |
| Scheelite | Unknown |
| Sphalerite | Unknown |
| Stibnite | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -117.26096, 41.20989 |
|---|
| Strike | N25W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 67E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 12M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 2100M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 1000M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 13360HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Plant |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | Yes |
| Discovery year | 1934 |
| Mining method | Combined Methods |
| Year of first production | 1938 |
| Plant type | Leach |
| Plant subcategory | Hydromet |
| Milling method | Autoclave-Carbon-In-Leach-Merrill-Crowe |
| District name | Potosi District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Minerals Only |
| Type of mineral rights | Other |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Getchell Gold Corp. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Colorado |
| Year | 1997 |
| First year | 1997 |
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Firstmiss Gold, Inc. |
| ID | 2670145 |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Nevada |
| Year | 1991 |
| First year | 1991 |
| Last year | 1997 |
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | First Mississippi Corp. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Nevada |
| Year | 1987 |
| Last year | 1991 |
| Year | 1985 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Heap Leach Gold 3120 Grams | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Year | 1986 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Heap Leach Gold 314145 Grams | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Year | 1987 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Heap Leach 503,876 Gm Au 272154 Metric Ton Ore/Yr | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Year | 1988 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Heap Leach 606,518 Gm Au 327492 Metric Ton Ore/Yr | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Year | 1989 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Heap Leach 568,883 Gm Au 569709 Metric Ton Ore/Yr | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Year | 1989 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Mill 1,262,579 Gm Au 219442 Metric Ton Ore/Yr | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Year | 1990 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Mill 3,845,386 Gm Au 794590 Metrin Ton Ore/Yr | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Year | 1990 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Heap Leach 970,211 Gm Au 947349 Metric Ton Ore/Yr | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Year | 1991 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Gold Production 200958 Oz | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Year | 1993 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Gold Production 210465 Oz/Yr | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Year | 1994 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Gold Production 243826 Oz/Yr | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Year | 1995 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Gold Production 199237 T Oz/Yr Gold | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1991 | ||||||||||||||
| Demonstrated | 6586552mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 6586552mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1991 | ||||||||||||||
| Demonstrated | 1205992mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 1205992mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1991 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 7934762mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1996 | ||||||||||||||
| Demonstrated | 8696454mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 8696454mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1996 | ||||||||||||||
| Demonstrated | 8737459mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 8737459mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1996 | ||||||||||||||
| Demonstrated | 1686275mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 1686275mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1996 | ||||||||||||||
| Demonstrated | 10423734mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 10423734mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1996 | ||||||||||||||
| Demonstrated | 13558810mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 13558810mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1997 | ||||||||||||||
| Demonstrated | 13517000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 13517000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Surface | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Surface | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Surface | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0320130063 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M030027 | MAS references MRDS |
| Mine Safety and Health Administration | MSHA | MSHA | 2670145 |
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| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 04-NOV-97 | Buckingham, David A. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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