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Goldstrike Mine Betze-Post

Plant in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Mercury, Silver
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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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10173988
MRDS ID M242254
MAS/MILS ID 0320110168
Record type Site
Current site name Goldstrike Mine Betze-Post
Alternate or previous names Goldstrike, Goldstrike Mine, Barrick Goldstrike Mine, Betze Deposit, E. P. No. 2 Pit, Goldstrike No. 9 Pit, Long Lac Deposit, Pan Cana No. 1 Pit, Betze/Post, Bazza, Goldstrike No. 6 Pit, E. P. No. 1 Pit
Related records 10047014, 10310438

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.37313, 40.9832 (WGS84)
Elevation 1700
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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)

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 Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 036 N 050 E 19 SW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Mercury Tertiary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alunite Unknown
Aragonite Unknown
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Barite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Chalcedony Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Diopside Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Goethite Unknown
Gypsum Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Jarosite Unknown
Kaolinite Unknown
Marcasite Unknown
Montmorillonite Unknown
Orpiment Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Realgar Unknown
Scheelite Unknown
Sericite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Stibnite Unknown
Tremolite Unknown
Variscite Unknown
Jarosite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -116.37313, 40.9832
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 200M
    Length 1200M
    Width 600M
    Area 330HA
    Depth to top 10M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 ADV ARGILLIC
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 100
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 330
    Date of Last Modification 960807

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOLD TO SILVER RATIO IS 20:1.
  • ORE IS ALSO CONTROLLED BY FRACTURING-BRECCIATION. GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY IS VERY LARGE. BEST MINERALIZATION OCCURS AT INTERSECTION OF HIGH-ANGLE STRUCTURES AND FOLLOWING LOW-ANGLE STRUCTURES. ABOUT 4 TO 5 AREAS OR ZONES OF GOLD MINERALIZATION OCCUR IN MINE AREA. NORTHWEST-TRENDING HIGH-ANGLE FAULTS (PRE-MINERAL) HAVE DOMINANT CONTROL OVER MINERALIZATION. INDIVIDUAL MINERAL ZONES ARE 60 TO 300 M IN LENGTH WITH NORTHWEST ELONGATION AND 15 TO 60 M IN WIDTH. BOTH OXIDE AND UNOXIDIZED ORE EXISTS. OXIDE ORE IS KNOWN TO EXIST UP TO 220 METERS DEEP. UNOXIDIZED SULFIDE ORE HAS BEEN AS SHALLOW AS 20 M. THE SCREAMER ORE BODY IS THE WESTERM CONTINUATION OF THE BETZE ORE BODY AN IS INCLUDED IN THE BETZE-POST RESERVES.
  • LINE 1 OF ROCK DATA IS REALLY A CARBONACEOUS ARGILLITE. LINE 7 OF ROCK DATA IS A GRANODIORITE-TO-DIORITE STOCK. LINE 8 OF ROCK DATA IS A QUARTZ LATITE AND LATITE DIKE. LINE 9 OF ROCK DATA IS A SKARN (ZENOLITHS IN DIORITE STOCK).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1982
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1986
Plant type Leach
Milling method Autoclave-Carbon-In-Leach-Electrowin

Mining district

District name Carlin Trend

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Barrick Gold Corp. (American Barrick Resources Corp.)
    ID 2601089
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1995
    First year 1987
  • Type Operator
    Owner Barrick Goldstrike Mines, Inc.
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1996
    First year 1987
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Western States Minerals Corp.
    Interest 100
    Year 1997
    Last year 1987

Production statistics

  • Year 1979
    Description 1979 Prod.- About 230 Kg Au(Nv Bib #132) 230 Kg
  • Year 1987
    Description 40144 Oz
  • Year 1988
    Description 119418 Oz
  • Year 1989
    Description 207264 Oz
  • Year 1991
    Description Au 546146 Oz
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 16987041.73g
  • Year 1991
    Description Ag 22000 Oz
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 684276.58g
  • Year 1996
    Description Gold Production 2031900 T Oz/Yr Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 63199163.04g

Comments on the production information

  • INITIAL PRODUCTION BY PAN CANA INDUSTRIES FROM 1976-77. HEAP LEACH OPERATION IN PROD. 1988. 1988 AU PROD.= 120,000 OZ. CIL MILL COMMISSIONED AUG. 1988. AU PROD.FOR 1989 = 207,264 OZ FROM 1,483,000 MT ORE LEACHED AND MILLED. 1996: 992,007 T OZ FROM AUTOCLAVING; 16,986 T OZ LEACH: FIRST 6 MONTHS, 1996:

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Demonstrated 106975000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 6.24 g/mt Gold Major 1994
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Demonstrated 103288000mt ore
    Total resources 103288000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 6.82 g/mt Gold Major 1994
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1995
    Inferred 3457000mt ore
    Total resources 3457000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 3.53 g/mt Gold Major 1995
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Demonstrated 101897000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 6.99 g/mt Gold Major 1996
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Inferred 2562000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 4.39 g/mt Gold Major 1996
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Demonstrated 101897000mt ore
    Inferred 2652000mt ore
    Total resources 104549000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 6.92 g/mt Gold Major 1996
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1997
    Demonstrated 111291000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 6.58 g/mt Gold Major 1997
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1997
    Demonstrated 50580000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 6.48 g/mt Gold Major 1997
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1997
    Demonstrated 161871000mt ore
    Total resources 161871000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 6.55 g/mt Gold Major 1997

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PYRITE IS ARGENTIFEROUS AND AERIFEROUS. TOTAL DEMONSTRATED RESOURCES; PROVEN + PROBABLE + MINERALIZED MATERIAL (MEA + IND ORE); 12/31/96: PRODUCTION BASED ON AVG OF LAST FIVE YEARS, (92-96).

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 330HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 3
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Percent Waste Rock 6.4
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 300
    Primary Material Cover SAND, GRAVEL
    Secondary Material Cover M-HARD ROCKS
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 45
    Capacity 48200
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 7.1
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 365
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1990

Comments on the workings information

  • DATA COMPILED FROM U.S. BUREAU OF MINES FILES & COMPANY ANNUAL REPORTS.

Comments on other economic factors

  • MINING METHOD IS OPEN PIT.
  • MILL IS LOCATED ON SITE AND IS ACTIVE. MILLING IS CYANIDE HEAP LEACH, CTL, CCD, & PRES. OXIDATION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    AMERICAN BARRICK RESOURCES CORP., 1993 ANNUAL REPORT, P.27.

  • Reserve-Resource

    BARRICK GOLD CORP., 1994 ANNUAL REPORT, P36.

  • Reserve-Resource

    BARRICK GOLD CORP., 1995 FORM 40-F, P25.

  • Reserve-Resource

    BARRICK GOLD CORP., 1996 ANNUAL REPORT, PP. 14, 29.

  • Reserve-Resource

    BARRICK GOLD CORP., 1996 FORM 40-F REPORT, PP. 36,

  • Deposit

    ELEVATORSKI, E. A. DISSEMINATED/REPLACEMENT GOLD DEPOSITS.

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, 1981, 114 PP.

  • Deposit

    EVANS, J. G. GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE RODEO CREEK NE QUADRANGLE,

  • Deposit

    EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUAD.

  • Deposit

    MAP GQ-1116, 1974, SCALE 1:24,000.

  • Deposit

    EVANS, J. G. GEOLOGY OF THE RODEO CREEK NE AND WELCHES

  • Deposit

    CANYON QUADRANGLES, EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL.

  • Deposit

    SURVEY BULLETIN 1473, 1980, 81 PP.

  • Deposit

    MORROW, A. B. GEOLOGY OF THE GOLDSTRIKE MINE, ELKO COUNTY,

  • Deposit

    NEVADA. WESTERN STATES MINERALS CORP., WHEAT RIDGE,

  • Deposit

    COLORADO. PAPER PRES. AT THE 88TH ANNUAL NORTHWEST MINING

  • Deposit

    ASSOC. CONVENTION, SPOKANE, WA, DEC. 10, 1982, 4 PP;

  • Deposit

    AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST FROM NORTHWEST MINING ASSOC.,

  • Deposit

    633 PEYTON BLDG., SPOKANE, WA 99201.

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R. J., K. M. MONTGOMERY, AND R. E. LEHNER.

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA.

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETEIN 64, 1967, 152 PP.

  • Deposit

    STEARNS, S. W. DISSEMINATED EPITHERMAL PRECIOUS METALS IN

  • Deposit

    THE SANTA FE DISTRICT, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA. M.S.

  • Deposit

    THESIS, STANFORD UNIV., PALO ALTO, CA, 1982, 109 PP.

  • Deposit

    BARRICK GOLDSTRIKE MINES, INC. PLAN OF OPERATIONS

  • Deposit

    AMENDMENT - PROPOSED BETZE PIT DEVELOPMENT AND ASSOCIATED

  • Deposit

    FACILITIES EXPANSION, EUREKA AND ELKO COUNTIES, NV.

  • Deposit

    SUBMITTED TO THE U.S. BUR. OF LAND MANAGEMENT, APR. 17,

  • Deposit

    1989.

  • Deposit

    JBR CONSULTANTS GROUP. FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR

  • Deposit

    THE PROPOSED MILL AND TAILINGS POND, BARRICK GOLDSTRIKE

  • Deposit

    MINE, EUREKA COUNTY, NV. BARRICK GOLDSTRIKE MINES, INC.,

  • Deposit

    NOV. 1987, 66 PP.

  • Deposit

    _____. FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE BARRICK

  • Deposit

    GOLDSTRIKE MINES, INC., SOUTH BLOCK OPERATIONS. BARRICK

  • Deposit

    GOLDSTRIKE MINES, INC., DEC. 2, 1988, 72 PP.

  • Deposit

    SCHAFER, R. W., AND BUFFA, R. H. FIELD TRIP #4 GUIDEBOOK:

  • Deposit

    PRECIOUS MEETAL DEPOSITS OF THE CARLIN TREND, THE

  • Deposit

    GOLDSTRIKE MINE. SPONSORED BY THE SOCIETY OF MINING

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERS, RENO, NV, OCT. 10-12, 1988, 13 PP.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE. GOLDSTRIKE MINE. OCTOBER, 1989, P. 269-

  • Deposit

    272.

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, SCOTT. GOLD COMPANY TO TRIPLE SIZE BY 1992.

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINING JOUR., NOV., 1989, P. 11-15.

  • Deposit

    WERNIAK, JANE. STRIKING IT RICH FOR AMERICAN BARRICK.

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, NOV., 1989, P. 45-62.

  • Deposit

    WALENGA, KAREN. DEVELOPMENT TO BOOST OUTPUT TO 900,000

  • Deposit

    OUNCES. ROCKY MOUNTAIN PAY DIRT, FEB., 1989, P. 4A-6A.

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN BARRICK RESOURCES CORP., 1990 ANNUAL REPORT, 36PP.

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN BARRICK RESOURCES CORP., 1991 ANNUAL REPORT, 23PP.

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN BARRICK RESOURCES CORP., 1992 ANNUAL REPORT, 49PP.

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK 1993, P.16,17.

  • Deposit

    DILLARD, GARY, BARRICK AND NEWMONT HAVE BOUNDARY LINE PACT

  • Deposit

    AT CARLIN, ROCKY MOUNTAIN PAY DIRT, 2/92, P.3A.

  • Deposit

    SCOTT, DAVID, AMERICAN BARRICK BONANZA, NORTHERN MINER MAG.,

  • Deposit

    11/92, P.21-25.

  • Deposit

    ROCKY MOUNTAIN PAY DIRT, 4/93, P.11A.

  • Deposit

    THOMAS, K.G.(KEN), AND PIETERSE, H., AUTOCLAVING REFRACTORY

  • Deposit

    ORES AT BARRICK, PRESENTED AT GOLD AND SILVER INSTITUTES

  • Deposit

    ANNUAL MEETING, TUCSON, AZ, U.S.A., APRIL 4-6, 1993, 12PP.

  • Deposit

    MINING RECORD, 4/28/93, P.7.

  • Deposit

    ROCKY MOUNTAIN PAY DIRT, 11/93, #170, P.10A.

  • Deposit

    SMITH, MICHAEL R., AND SHARON, ROBERT P., ENGINEERING

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGY OF BARRICK GOLDSTRIKE MINES' BETZE PIT, MINING

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING, 1/94, P.29-33.

  • Deposit

    MINING RECORD, 2/9/94, P.?.

  • Deposit

    MINING RECORD, V 106/N 1, 1/4/95, P.?.

  • Deposit

    MINING RECORD, VOL., 106 #23, JUNE 7, 1995, PP. 12-13.

  • Deposit

    PAY DIRT, JUNE, 94, PP. 12B-15B.

  • Deposit

    MINING ENGINEERING, JANUARY, 1994, V46, #1, PP. 29-33.

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, P38.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 107, #34, AUG. 21, 1996, P9.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 107, #45, NOV. 6, 1996, P3.

  • Deposit

    MINING ENGINEERING, VOL., 49, #4, APRIL, 1997, PP26-29.

  • Deposit

    THE NORTHERN MINER, JUNE 3, 1996, PB8.

  • Deposit

    BARRICK GOLD CORP., 1995 ANNUAL REPORT, P30.

  • Deposit

    BARRICK GOLD CORP., 1995 F0RM 40-F REPORT, P25.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DATE OF DISCOVERY AND INITIAL PRODUCTION ARE FOR THE POST DEPOSIT. NO DATA COULD BE FOUND FOR THE BETZE DEPOSIT. SECOND TRACT: SEC. 24, T36N, R49E. GENERAL LOCATION IS ABOUT 38 KM NW OF CARLIN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-NOV-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)

StatusActive since 04/01/1991
MSHA mine ID2601089
Mine name (MSHA)Goldstrike Mine
Current operatorNevada Gold Mines LLC
Current controller (parent)Barrick Nevada Holding LLC; Newmont USA Limited
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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