The Elder Creek Mine is a gold mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,500 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: 7,500 Feet (2,286 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.30278, -116.84944
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Elder Creek Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Elder Creek Mine
Secondary: Shoshone
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Bullion
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: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
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 (Location): PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = WINNEMUCCA (1971) 1:250000
References
Reference (Deposit): ALTA GOLD COMPANY, 1989, ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE ALTA GOLD COMPANY ELDER CREEK.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG, 1992, THE NEVADA MINERAL INDUSTRY - 1991, NBMG SPECIAL PUBLICATION MI-1991.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG, 1994, MI-1993
Reference (Production): 1991 AND 1992 ANNUAL PRODUCTION: NBMG, 1992, THE NEVADA MINERAL INDUSTRY - 1991, NBMG SPECIAL PUBLICATION MI-1991. NBMG MI-1993
Reference (Reserve-Resource): NBMG MI-1993
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.
