Jerritt Canyon Mill

Plant in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, 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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10173786
MAS/MILS ID 0320079022
Record type Site
Current site name Jerritt Canyon Mill
Alternate or previous names Jerritt Canyon Mine 0320070879, Any Many, Many More See Main File.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -115.89982, 41.4049 (WGS84)
Elevation 1925
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

California Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Double Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork 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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 041 N 054 E 33 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -115.89982, 41.4049

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1990
Plant type Leach
Plant subcategory Electrostatic-Magnetic
Milling method Hydrometallurgy Unspecified

Mining district

District name Roberts District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only
Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Independence Mining Co.
    Interest 70
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1996
  • Type Owner
    Owner Fmc Gold Co.
    Interest 30
    Home office Illinois
    Year 1996
  • Type Operator
    Owner Ranch Cryogenics, Inc
    Year 1990

Comments on the ownership information

  • REC #3 FORMER OPERATOR ?, 1991 DATA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1990, P. 24.

  • Deposit

    NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1993, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1992, P. 22.

  • Deposit

    1995/96, NEVADA MINES DIRECTORY, PP. 12, 22.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL, 1996/1997, MINES DIRECTORY, US MINES & MINING

  • Deposit

    COMPANIES, P 253.

  • Deposit

    FMC GOLD COMPANY, NEWS RELEASE'S, 1990, 1991.

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN MINES DIRECTORY, 1996, PP. 137, 138.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MILL FOR THE JERRITT CANYON OP/UG OPERATION (0320070879), (MAIN FILE).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-JUL-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.

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.