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Carlin-West Leeville Jv

Plant in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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  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 10295306
MRDS ID M055452
MAS/MILS ID 0320110132
Record type Site
Current site name Carlin-West Leeville Jv
Alternate or previous names West Leeville/Four Corners, Newmont/Barrick Hd Venture
Related records 10040611, 10310467

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.31703, 40.9138 (WGS84)
Elevation 1900
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rodeo Creek NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Battle Mountain(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 035 N 050 E 14 C Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • MILS LAT/LONG IS FOR THE CRALIN-WEST LEEVILLE MINE UNTIL A BETTER LOCATION CAN BE MADE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -116.31703, 40.9138
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1994
Mining method Open Pit
Plant type Leach
Plant subcategory Hydromet
Milling method Autoclave-Carbon-In-Leach-Merrill-Crowe

Mining district

District name Carlin Trend

Mineral rights holdings

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

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Newmont Gold Co. (Newmont Mining Corp.)
    Interest 60
    Year 1995
  • Type Owner
    Owner Barrick Gold Corp. (American Barrick Resources Corp.)
    Interest 40
    Year 1995

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1997
    Demonstrated 6396000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 14.57 g/mt Gold Major 1997
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1997
    Inferred 454000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 11.25 g/mt Gold Major 1997
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1997
    Demonstrated 6396000mt ore
    Inferred 454000mt ore
    Total resources 6850000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 14.34 g/mt Gold Major 1997

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NEWMONTS PORTION IS 60% OF THESE TOTAL RESERVE/RESOURCE NUMBERS BARRICKS PORTION IS 40% OF THESE TOTAL RESERVE/RESOURCE NUMBERS RESOURCES RECORE 3 IS TOTAL RESOURCES OF RECORDS 1 & 2 WITH A WEIGHTED AVG ORE GRADE:
  • RESERVES IN ADIT ARE ONLY FOR BARRICK GOLD CORP. PORTION (40%) THEY DO NOT INCLUDE NEWMONTS PORTION: NEWMONTS PORTION IS THE ADIT RECORD OF MAS FILE SEQ#0320110230 THE MAIN NEWMONT CARLIN FILE: RESERVES ARE AS OF 12/31/96; PROVEN + PROBABLE ORE AND DO NOT INCLUDED THE MINERALIZED MATERIAL STUFF:

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    NEWMONT GOLD CO., 1996 FORM 10-K REPORT, P16.

  • Reserve-Resource

    NEWMONT MINING CORP., 1996 ANNUAL REPORT, PP. 48-49.

  • Reserve-Resource

    BARRICK GOLD CORP., 1996 FORM 40-F REPORT, P14.

  • Reserve-Resource

    BARRICK GOLD CORP., 1996 ANNUAL REPORT, P36.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-OCT-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.

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