North Star

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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10271154
MAS/MILS ID 0320110392
Record type Site
Current site name North Star
Alternate or previous names See Genesis Property File

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.37063, 40.9552 (WGS84)
Elevation 1822
Location accuracy 100(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)

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 31 SENW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Mercury Tertiary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -116.37063, 40.9552

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1984
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1986
Plant type Leach
Plant subcategory Precipitation
Milling method Carbon-In-Leach-Electrowin

Mining district

District name Lynn District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Other
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WINTERS, R. A., 1989, MINES AND OREBODIES IN THE CARLIN

  • Deposit

    TREND, NEVADA--AN OVERVIEW OF THEIR EXPLORATION,

  • Deposit

    DEVELOPMENT, PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE PRODUCTION, AND

  • Deposit

    IMPORTANCE TO NEVADA'S ECONOMY: UNPUBLISHED REPORT TO

  • Deposit

    THE ELKO DISTRICT, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, ON FILE AT

  • Deposit

    THE BUREAU OF MINES, WESTERN FIELD OPERATIONS CENTER,

  • Deposit

    SPOKANE, WA.

  • Deposit

    1996 AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK.

  • Deposit

    NEWMONT MINING CORP., 1995 ANNUAL REPORT

  • Deposit

    NEWMONT MINING CORP., 1995 FORM 10-K REPORT.

  • Deposit

    OTHE NEWMONT MINING CORP. ANNUAL REPORTS & 10-K'S.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL, 1994/95 & 1996/97 MINES DIRECTORIES; U.S. MINES &

  • Deposit

    MINING COMPANIES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-JUN-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.