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Elder Creek Mine

Plant in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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 10173610
MAS/MILS ID 0320150656
Record type Site
Current site name Elder Creek Mine
Alternate or previous names Elder Creek, Shoshone Properties

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.84783, 40.30301 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ferris Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crescent Valley(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028 N 045 E 12 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED 20 MILES SE OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN. ALSO LOCATED IN SEC 13, R 45E & SEC 7, & 18, R 46E. ALSO UNDER MSHA ID #2670168. MINING WAS COMPLETED AT THE END OF 1990. HEAP LEACH PRODUCED GOLD TILL END OF 1992.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -116.84783, 40.30301
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Mining method Open Pit
Plant type Leach
Plant subcategory Precipitation
Milling method Leach-Precipitation

Mining district

District name Battle Mountain District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Alta Gold Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1996

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. SPECIAL PUBLICATION 10, 1990,

  • Deposit

    P. 11.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES & MINING

  • Deposit

    COMPANIES, P242.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-SEP-96 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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