The West Generator Hill Deposit is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,001 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.40528, -116.01306
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West Generator Hill Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: West Generator Hill Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Independence Mountains; Jerritt Canyon
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Carbonate-hosted Au-Ag
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): 1988 FIGURES ARE AS OF JANUARY, 1988.
Comment (Location): PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = MCDERMITT (1971) 1:250000
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHMAUCH, S. W., GABBY, P. N., LIPTON, D. A., 1992, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE INDEPENDENCE RANGE SPECIAL STUDY AREA, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA, USBM MINERAL LAND ASSESSMENT 17-92.
Reference (Deposit): LAPOINTE, D. D., TINGLEY, J. V., JONES, R. B., 1991, MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA, NBMG BULLETIN 106.
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
