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Gold Quarry Mine

Producer in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Arsenic, Antimony, Mercury, Thallium, Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Manganese, Nickel
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Reserves and resources
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044714
MRDS ID M232287
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Quarry Mine
Alternate or previous names Maggie Claims, NBMG Sample Site 1560, Deep West
Related records 10222664, 10310452, 10310465

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.20925, 40.79158 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position LOCATED 7 MILES NW OF CARLIN, NV.

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 34N 51E 35 SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • OPEN PIT ADJOINS MAGGIE CREEK OPEN PIT. UTM'S TO APPROXIMATE CENTER OF OPEN PIT.; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = SCHROEDER MOUNTAIN (1968) 1:24000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary
Thallium Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD GRAINS RANGE <0.1 TO 10.0 MICRONS IN SIZE AND USUALLY OCCUR ASSOCIATED WITH MICROFRACTURES OR DISSEMINATED IN MICROCRYSTALLINE CHERTY MATRIX. AU:AG RATIO RANGES FROM ABOUT 2:1 IN MILL GRADE ORES TO 1:3 IN LEACH GRADE ORES.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alunite Gangue
Barite Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Clay

Analytical data

Result EARLY SHIPPED ORE AVG. .417 OZ/T AU, AND .882 OZ/T AG. SAMPLE 1560 OF UPPER PLATE JASPEROID BRECCIA CONTAINS 0.3% FE, 0.05% MG, 0.1% CA, 0.3% TI, 70PPM MN, 100 PPM AG, 20 PPM B, +5000 PPM BA, 20 PPM CR, 20 PPM CU, 20 PPM LA, 5 PPM MO, 15 PPM NI, 1500 PPM PB, 700 PPM SB, 30 PPM SN, 100 PPM SR, 200 PPM V, 70 PPM ZR. AU IS ASSOCIATED WITH AS, SB, HG, TL. A SUBORDINATE ASSOCIATION OF AG, PB, ZN, CU, NI APPEARS TO REPRESENT EARLIER MINERALIZING EVENTS

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 172
USGS model code 26a
Deposit model name Carbonate-hosted Au-Ag
Mark3 model number 15

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Vinini Quartzite;Vinini Quartzite;;
    Rock description Vinini Quartzite;Vinini Quartzite;;
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.20925, 40.79158
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Roberts Mountains Thrust, Good Hope Fault System, Gold Quarry Fault, Etc. Created A Pervasive Fracture System At Gold Quarry. Isoclinal Folding Of Bedding Is Common.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • See Comments

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOLD IS PRESENT IN A GOSSAN IN QUARTZITE AND CHERT. MANY OF THE BARITE AND BASE METAL DEPOSITS IN THE MAGGIE CREEK SUBDISTRICTS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE GOOD HOPE FAULT SYSTEM (E.G. NEVADA STAR MINE, RECORD #M232284). THIS FAULT SYSTEM ALSO APPEARS TO LINK GOLD QUARRY AND TUSC DEPOSITS. SENSE OF MOVEMENT ON THE GOOD HOPE FAULT SYSTEM IS NOT ESTABLISHED. NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF THE GOLD QUARRY AND GOOD HOPE FAULTS,, AN ENTIRE RIDGE OF SILICIFIED ROBERTS MOUNTAINS FORMATION MARKS THE MARGIN OF THE CARLIN WINDOW. THE JASPEROID REPORTEDLY CARRIES SOME GOLD. GOLD QUARRY AND MAGGIE CREEK MINES ARE UNUSUAL IN THAT ORE IS HOSTED AT LEAST IN PART BY PALEOZOIC ROCKS OF THE UPPER PLATE OF THE ROBERTS MOUNTAINS THRUST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1925
Discoverer A. Berning
Year of first production 1936
Production years 1936; 1985-PRESENT (2/92)

Mining district

District name Maggie Creek Subdistrict; Carlin Trend

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Newmont Gold Co. (Newmont Mining Corp.)
    Home office P.O. Box 979, Carlin, Nv 89822 .
    First year 1988

Production statistics

  • Year 1936
    Period 1936
    Material ORE - AU
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.417 Opt Au, 0.882 Opt Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Silver Silver 25g/mt
    Trace Ore Gold Gold 12g/mt

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1988
    Total resources 228000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.129 g/mt Gold Major 1988
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Total resources 242000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.044 g/mt Gold Major 1990
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1982
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 2.992 g/mt Gold Major 1982
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1983
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.383 g/mt Gold Major 1983
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1984
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.214 g/mt Gold Major 1984

Comments on the workings information

  • HISTORIC DEVELOPMENT CONSISTED OF A 40 FT. ADIT AND OTHER SCATTERED OPEN CUTS. THE CURRENT OPERATION CONSISTS OF AN OPEN PIT MINE, TWO MILLING FACILITIES, A LEACH CRUSHING PLANT, AND THREE HEAP LEACH PADS. THE DIMENSIONS OF THE ULTIMATE PIT WILL BE 1 MILE BY 3/4 MILE IN SIZE, 1200 FT. IN DEPTH. THE TOTAL MATERIAL IN THE ULTIMATE PIT IS ESTIMATED AT 576.3 MILLION TONS WHICH REFLECTS A 1.3:1 STRIP RATIO.

Comments on development

  • WERE DRILLED ON 100 FT. CENTERS TO AN AVERAGE DEPTH OF 600 FT. BULK METALLURGICAL TEST SAMPLES OF MILL GRADE AND LEACH GRADE MATERIAL WERE MINED IN 1982-83. PRE-MINING BEGAN IN LATE 1983. FIRST GOLD WAS POURED IN AUGUST 1985. ; TOTAL$: 300. DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF A 40-FOOT ADIT, AND OTHER SCATTERED OPEN CUTS. ; ECON.COM: THE NEW SEMI-AUTOGENOUS MILL COMPLEX CURRENTLY PROCESSES MORE THAN 28,000 STPD. IN 1989, THE GOLD QUARRY PIT WAS PRODUCING 60% OF THE TOTAL MATERIAL MINED AND 62% OF THE GOLD RECOVERED BY NEWMONT GOLD COMPANY. A TOTAL OF 300 HOURLY AND SALARIED PEOPLE ARE EMPLOYED IN THE GOLD QUARRY MINE OPERATIONS GROUP.
  • THE FIRST CLAIMS STAKED IN 1925 BY A. BERNING, WHO LEASED THE PROPERTY TO CUBA CONSOLIDATED MINES COMPANY. IN 1936, CUBA CONSOLIDATED SHIPPED 60 TONS OF ORE AVERAGING 0.417 OPT AU, 0.882 OPT AG. NEWMONT CORP. ACQUIRED THE PROPERTY IN 1962 AND CONDUCTED A DRILLING PROGRAM IN 1963-64 IN THE VICINITY OF WHAT IS NOW THE NORTHERN LIMIT OF GOLD QUARRY. DRILLING WAS CENTERED SW OF THE JASPEROID OUTCROP FROM WHICH THE 60 TONS OF ORE WAS MINED. FURTHER DRILLING UNTIL 1970 DELINEATED 340,000 TONS/0.12 OPT. THE LEASE AGREEMENT WAS DISCONTINUED IN 1970 DUE TO LOW GOLD PRICES AND DISCOURAGING METALLURGICAL TESTS. THE PROPERTY WAS ACQUIRED BY ROY ASH AND CHARLES THORNTON FOR $8000.00. AFTER XRF-XRD STUDIES OF GOLD QUARRY DRILL CUTTINGS SUGGESTED POSSIBLE OPEN ENDS OF MINERALIZATION, THE CLAIMS WERE REACQUIRED IN 1972. AFTER 1979, EXPLORATION DRILLING CONTINUED EAST OF THE MAGGIE CREEK OREBODY AND SIGNIFICANT AU INTERCEPTS WERE ENCOUNTERED. BETWEEN 1979 AND 1983, 550 CONVENTIONAL CIRCULATION HOLES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R.J. ET AL, 1967, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF EUREKA CO., NEVADA, NBMG BULLETIN 64

  • Deposit

    USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 266, REFERENCE NO. 3201100159.

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY.

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W.O., 1938, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN EUREKA COUNTY, NV, USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7022.

  • Deposit

    BENTZ, J., BROOKS, S., MCFARLANE, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, 5/27/82.

  • Deposit

    STATE DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, 1983, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1983.

  • Deposit

    DAMES AND MOORE, 1983(?), ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF THE CARLIN GOLD QUARRY PROJECT...

  • Deposit

    FORTUNE, DECEMBER 27, 1982, "THE HUGE FIND IN ROY ASH'S BACKYARD".

  • Deposit

    NBMG, 1988, THE NEVADA MINERALS INDUSTRY - 1987, NBMG SPECIAL PUBLICATION MI-1987.

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.F., 1986, NBMG MAP 91.

  • Deposit

    NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 116, NUMEROUS ARTICLES AND NEWS CLIPPINGS.

  • Deposit

    SANTTI, S. AND SOLTANI, A., 1989, LARGE SCALE OPEN PIT GOLD MINING AT GOLD QUARRY, IN BHAPPU, R. AND HARDEN, R., EDS., GOLD FORUM ON TECHNOLOGY AND PRACTICES, "WORLD GOLD '89", SOCIETY FOR MINING, METALLURGY, AND EXPLORATION, INC., LITTLETON, CO, P. 147-154.

  • Deposit

    EKBURG, C., ROTA, J., AND ARKELL, B., 1991, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE MAGGIE CREEK SUBDISTRICT, CARLIN TREND, EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA, IN RAINES, G.L., ET AL, EDS., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GREAT BASIN, THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA, RENO, P. 625-633.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, OCTOBER, 1989, VOL. 161, NO. 4, P. 256-261.

  • Deposit

    ROTA, J.C., 1988, THE GOLD QUARRY MINE: HISTORY AND GENERAL GEOLOGY, IN SCHAFER, R., ET AL, BULK MINEABLE PRECIOUS METAL DEPOSITS OF THE WESTERN UNITED STATES, THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA, RENO, P. 49-56.

  • Deposit

    NBMG, 1989, THE NEVADA MINERALS INDUSTRY - 1988, NBMG SPECIAL PUBLICATION MI-1988.

  • Deposit

    NBMG, 1991, THE NEVADA MINERALS INDUSTRY - 1990, NBMG SPECIAL PUBLICATION MI-1990.

  • Deposit

    RYNEER, R., 1992, ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THE CARLIN TREND, IN BUFFA, R. AND COYNER, A., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GREAT BASIN - FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK COMPENDIUM, THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA, RENO, P. 838-843.

  • Deposit

    ROTA, J., 1987, GEOLOGY OF NEWMONT GOLD COMPANY'S GOLD QUARRY DEPOSIT, EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA, IN ELLIOTT, I. AND SMEE, B. EDS., GEOEXPO/86 - EXPLORATION IN THE NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA, THE ASSOCIATION OF EXPLORATION GEOCHEMISTS, REXDALE, ONTARIO, P. 42-50.

  • Deposit

    NBMG, 1994, MI-1993

  • Production

    NBMG, 1991, THE NEVADA MINERALS INDUSTRY - 1990, NBMG SPECIAL PUBLICATION MI-1990. NBMG MI-1993

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BECAUSE BLAST HOLES WERE BEING DRILLED ON THE DAY OF THEIR VISIT, NBMG GEOLOGISTS WERE UNABLE TO VISIT THE ACTUAL PIT AREA IN MAY, 1982.
Deposit GOLD QUARRY IS ONE OF THE LARGEST GOLD DEPOSITS IN NORTH AMERICA. IT IS COMPRISED OF TWO STACKED OREBODIES: AN UPPER STRUCTURAL STOCKWORK AND A LOWER STRATABOUND REPLACEMENT. OVERALL STRIKE OF THE MAIN (UPPER) ORE ZONE IS N45E. IT IS BOUNDED ON THE WEST BY THE GOLD QUARRY AND ON THE EAST BY THE GREY/CHALLENGER FAULT SYSTEMS. MINERALIZATION IS CONTINUOUS OVER 6000 FT. OF STRIKE. MILL GRADE ORE ZONES CROSSCUT THIS TREND ON A N-S TO NW STRIKE. THE DEEP WEST OREBODY IS A SILICA REPLACEMENT ZONE AT THE CONTACT OF FOOTWALL CARBONATE ROCKS AND HANGINGWALL SILICICLASTIC ROCKS. IT AVERAGES 250 FT. IN THICKNESS, STRIKES N20E, DIPS 30-35 SE, AND AS KNOWN STRIKE LENGTH OF 2500 FT. GOLD GRADE IS DOUBLE THAT OF THE MAIN (UPPER) ORE ZONE. THE DEEP WEST ORE ZONE IS THE DOWN DIP EXTENSION OF THE MAGGIE CREEK SOUTH ORE ZONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1988 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-FEB-1992 Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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