Newmont Carlin Mill #2

Plant in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Mercury, Silver
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. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10173604
MAS/MILS ID 0320119002
Record type Site
Current site name Newmont Carlin Mill #2
Alternate or previous names Carlin Mill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -116.21482, 40.78461 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Schroeder Mountain(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 034 N 051 E 35 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Mercury Secondary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -116.21482, 40.78461

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1985
Year of first production 1985
Plant type Leach
Plant subcategory Hydromet
Milling method Heap Leach-Carbon Column-Merrill-Crowe

Mining district

District name Carlin Trend

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only
Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Newmont Gold Co. (Newmont Mining Corp.)
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1996
  • Type Operator
    Owner Carlin Gold Mining Co.
    ID 2600815
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARDIE, B. S., 1966, CARLIN GOLD MINE, LYNN DISTRICT,

  • Deposit

    NEVADA: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES REPORT 13, P. 73-83.

  • Deposit

    NOBLE, L. C., AND RADKE, A. S., 1978, GEOLOGY OF THE CARLIN

  • Deposit

    DISSEMINATED REPLACEMENT GOLD DEPOSIT, NEVADA: NEV.

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. REPORT 32, P. 40-44.

  • Deposit

    U. S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1983, MINE/DEPOSIT FILE REPORT, CARLIN,

  • Deposit

    BLUE STAR. MAGGIE CREEK, BOOTSTRAP, GOLD QUARRY, AND RAIN

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES CONTRACT NO. 50221028.

  • Deposit

    SMITH, G. C., 1985, SELECTIVE MINING AND GOOD GRADE CONTROL

  • Deposit

    ARE KEY TO CARLIN GOLD'S SUCCESS: MINING ENGINEERING,

  • Deposit

    NOVEMBER, P. 1293-1296.

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R. J., 1986, THE CARLIN STORY: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND

  • Deposit

    GEOL. REPORT 40, P. 71-80.

  • Deposit

    NEWMONT GOLD COMPANY, 1995 FORM 10-K REPORT, PP. 3-5.

  • Deposit

    NEWMONT GOLD COMPANY, 1996 FORM 10-K REPORT, PP. 3-5.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CARLIN MILL #2 WAS COMMISSIONED IN 1985 AND LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE GOLD QUARRY OPEN PIT MINE. PROTIONS OF THIS MILL WERE INCORPORATED INTO THE REFRACTORY ORE TREATMENT PLANT, PLANT #6, IN MAY OF 1994. MILS LAT/LONG ARE APPROXIMATE FOR THE GOLD QUARRY PIT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-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.

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.