Leeville Corridor

Prospect in Elko 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. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10222737
MAS/MILS ID 0320071145
Record type Site
Current site name Leeville Corridor
Alternate or previous names West Leeville, High Desert Jv 60% Ownership, Newmont Property 100% Ownership

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -116.10092, 40.73321 (WGS84)
Elevation 2000
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carlin East(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 Elko

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Mercury Tertiary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -116.10092, 40.73321

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1990

Mining district

District name Carlin Trend

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Newmont Gold Co. (Newmont Mining Corp.)
    Interest 60
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1996
    First year 1994
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Barrick Gold Corp. (American Barrick Resources Corp.)
    Interest 40
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1996
    First year 1994
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Consolidated Ramrod Gold Corp.; (0.33%Nsr)
    Home office Canada
    First year 1994

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Inferred 3842835mt ore
    Total resources 3842835mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 6.631 g/mt Gold Major 1996

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    NEWMONT NEW HORIZONS, 1994 ANNUAL REPORT, P29.

  • Deposit

    NEWMONT NEW HORIZONS, 1994 ANNUAL REPORT, PP. 9, 29.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAS PROPERTY FILE INCLUDES BOTH LEEVILLE CORRIDOR PROPERTIES: THE 60% OWNED HIGH DESERT JV, WITH BARRICK GOLD CORP & THE 100% OWNED NEWMONT PROPERTY. THE HIGH DESERT OP MINE HAS BEEN INATCIVE SINCE 1983.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-MAY-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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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