Emigrant Springs

Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Mercury, 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. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10270948
MAS/MILS ID 0320070975
Record type Site
Current site name Emigrant Springs
Alternate or previous names Rain - 0320070271, Rain Area, Rain/Smz/Emigrant Springs/Gnome

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -115.99531, 40.61681 (WGS84)
Elevation 1930
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bullion(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elko(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elko(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork 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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032 N 053 E 34 SWNE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Mercury Tertiary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -115.99531, 40.61681

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1982
Mining method Open Pit
Milling method Carbon-In-Leach-Electrowin

Mining district

District name Carlin Trend

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only
Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Newmont Gold Co. (Newmont Mining Corp.)
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1996

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Measured 4412547mt ore
    Demonstrated 4412547mt ore
    Total resources 4412547mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.199 g/mt Gold Major 1994
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Demonstrated 13736591mt ore
    Total resources 13736591mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.6857 g/mt Gold Major 1994

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ALL RESERVE/RESOURCES DATA POST 1995 ONWARD COMBINED WITH RAIN FILE - 0320070271. DATA IS FOR 1993, DEC 31. (1994)

Comments on other economic factors

  • FOR PRODUCTION DATA AND HISTORY SEE RAIN FILE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    NEWMONT ANNUAL REPORT, 1993, PP. 12, 13.

  • Deposit

    WINTERS, R. A., 1989, MINES AND OREBODIES IN THE CARLIN

  • Deposit

    TREND, NEVADA--AN OVERVIEW OF THEIR EXPLORATION,

  • Deposit

    DEVELOPMENT, PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE PRODUCTION, AND

  • Deposit

    IMPORTANCE TO NEVADA'S ECONOMY: UNPUBLISHED REPORT TO

  • Deposit

    ELKO DISTRICT, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, ON FILE AT THE

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF MINES, WESTERN FIELD OPERATIONS CENTER,

  • Deposit

    SPOKANE, WA.

  • Deposit

    NEWMONT ANNUAL REPORTS, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995.

  • Deposit

    NEWMONT FORM 10-K, 1994.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    COMPANIES, P242.

  • Deposit

    NEWMONT MINING CORP., 1995, ANN RPT & FORM 10-K.

  • Deposit

    1995/96 NEVADA MINES DIRECTORY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-JAN-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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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