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Rossi Gold Mine

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Barium-Barite
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10310519
MRDS ID M232821
Record type Site
Current site name Rossi Gold Mine
Alternate or previous names Storm
Related records 10045151, 10221439

Comments on the site identification

  • This deposit is located in the same area as the Rossi Barite Mine (MRDS record # M232821). The property was a barite mine preceding the discovery of the gold deposit.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.42954, 41.07462 (WGS84)
Relative position 4 miles north of Round Mountain

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Santa Renia Fields(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tuscarora(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rock(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 037N 049E 27 34 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Ore Materials: Gold, barite

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Barite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 173
USGS model code 26a.1
Deposit model name Sediment-hosted Au
Mark3 model number 17

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sedimentary Breccia
    Rock type qualifier Carbonate
    Rock unit name Popovich Fm
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate
    Rock type qualifier breccias
    Rock unit name Popovich Fm
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.42954, 41.07462
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization is stratigraphically controlled, occurring in limestone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Large
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1990

Mining district

District name Bootstrap

Land status

Ownership category Private
Ownership category National Forest
Area name Elko District U S Forest Service

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Meridian Gold, Inc.
    Year 1997

Comments on the workings information

  • The barite mine comprised at least 4 open pits, and was active in 1980, employing 15 persons.

Comments on other economic factors

  • In 1992, the Rossi (Storm) gold deposit was estimated to contain a remaining resource of 2300 kilotonnes of ore containing 33.98 tonnes of gold (Long and others, 1998).

Comments on development

  • Originally, the Rossi Barite Mine was one of the two largest barite producers in the U.S., developed by at least 4 major pits. In 1997: Drill holes defined 2.5 Mtof gold-bearing ore grading 0.437 opt.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Smith, R.M. (1976-56) Mineral Resources of Elko Co. Nev., USGS Open-File Report

  • Deposit

    State Inspector of Mines, (1981) Directory of Nevada Mining Activity-Active In 1980

  • Deposit

    Teal and Jackson, 1997

  • Deposit

    Long, K.R., DeYoung, J.H., Jr., and Ludington, S.D., 1998, Significant deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 90-206A, 33 p.; 98-206B. one 3.5 inch diskette

  • Deposit

    Teal and Jackson, 1997

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit The Rossi Barite Mine was one of the two largest barite producers in the U.S.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-2003 LaPointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Editor 01-SEP-2007 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey Converted from S&A FileMaker format to Oracle. Edit checks on rocks, units, and ages with Geolex search, and other fields.

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