Easy Junior Mine

Plant in White Pine 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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Production statistics
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10247663
MAS/MILS ID 0320330510
Record type Site
Current site name Easy Junior Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -115.66529, 39.18133 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Green Springs NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Hamilton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015 N 056 E 09 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -115.66529, 39.18133

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1989
Plant type Leach
Milling method Heap Leach-Merrill-Crowe

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Other

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Alta Gold Co.
    ID 2602090
    Interest 100
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1989

Production statistics

  • Year 1990
    Description Gold Production 11580 Tr Oz
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 360178.3g
  • Year 1994
    Description Gold Production 23589 Tr Oz
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 733700.01g
  • Year 1995
    Description Gold Production 12396 Tr Oz
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 385558.75g
  • Year 1996
    Description Gold Production 4934 Tr Oz
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 153464.57g

Comments on the production information

  • MINE IS DEPLETED. HEAP LEACH WILL BE IN OPERATION THROUGH 1996. CURRENTLY UNDERGOING EXPLORATION FOR MORE RESERVES. MINING WAS COMPLETED IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1994, BUT GOLD PRODUCTION WILL CONTINUE DURING 1996. EASY JUNIOR INCLUDES THE DECKER FLATS DEPOSIT WHICH IS BEING EXPLORED AS OF 1996 AND NIGHTHAWK RIDGE WHICH IS PRODUCING.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method OPEN PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    ALTA GOLD CO. 1996 FORM 10-K REPORT, P12.

  • Reserve-Resource

    1995/96, NEVADA MINES DIRECTORY, PP. 1, 29.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    P. 15.

  • Deposit

    RANDON MINES DIRECTORY, 1996/1997, U.S. MINES & MINING

  • Deposit

    COMPANIES, P242.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-SEP-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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 04/24/1997
MSHA mine ID2602090
Mine name (MSHA)EASY JUNIOR PROJECT
Current operatorAlta Gold Company
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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