Round Mountain Decline

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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 10135267
MAS/MILS ID 0320230892
Record type Site
Current site name Round Mountain Decline
Alternate or previous names Round Mountain Placers, Round Mountain Mine, Round Mountain Mill, Smoky Valley Operations, Smoky Valley Common Operations, Sunnyside Pit, Southeast Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.08282, 38.71133 (WGS84)
Elevation 2000
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Round Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010 N 044 E 19 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.08282, 38.71133

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Round Mountain District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Round Mountain Gold Corp.
    ID 2600594
    Interest 100
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1991
    First year 1991
  • Type Operator
    Owner J. S. Redpath Corp.
    Year 1991
    First year 1991

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1991, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1990, P. 70.

  • Deposit

    ECHO BAY MINES, 1995 ANNUAL REPORT & FORM 10-K REPORT.

  • Deposit

    HOMESTAKE MINING COMPANY, 1995 ANNUAL REPORT & FORM 10-K.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-DEC-96 Ridenour, James 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 09/22/1975
MSHA mine ID2600594
Mine name (MSHA)Smoky Valley Common Operations
Current operatorRound Mountain Gold Corporation
Current controller (parent)Kinross Gold Corp
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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