The Pete Deposit is a gold mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,951 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: 5,951 Feet (1,814 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.90917, -116.30667
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Pete Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pete Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Lynn; Carlin Trend
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Newmont Gold Co. (Newmont Mining Corp.)
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): 1988 FIGURES: MEASURED, INDICATED AND INFERRED GEOLOGIC RESOURCES. 1989 FIGURES: MEASURED, INDICATED AND INFERRED GEOLOGIC RESOURCES AS OF DECEMBER 27, 1989 USING A CUTOFF GRADE OF 0.010 OPT AU.
Comment (Location): PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = WINNEMUCCA (1971) 1:250000; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = RODEO CREEK NE (1968) 1:24000
References
Reference (Reserve-Resource): 1988 FIGURES: ROCKY MOUNTAIN PAY DIRT, JUNE, 1988, P. 3A. 1989 FIGURES: MCFARLANE, D. N., 1991, GOLD PRODUCTION ON THE CARLIN TREND, IN BUFFA, R. AND COYNER, A., EDS., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GREAT BASIN - FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK COMPENDIUM, THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA, RENO, P. 841-843. NBMG MI-1993
Reference (Deposit): NEWMONT GOLD COMPANY, 1992, ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1991.
Reference (Deposit): MCFARLANE, D. N., 1991, GOLD PRODUCTION ON THE CARLIN TREND, IN BUFFA, R. AND COYNER, A., EDS., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GREAT BASIN - FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK COMPENDIUM, THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA, RENO, P. 841-843.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG, 1994, MI-1993
Reference (Deposit): CHRISTENSEN, O. D., KNUTSEN, G. C., AND EKBURG, C. E., 1987, DISSEMINATED GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE CARLIN TREND, EUREKA AND ELKO COUNTIES, NEVADA: SOCIETY OF MINING ENGINEERS PREPRINT NUMBER 87-84, 7 P.
Reference (Deposit): ROCKY MOUNTAIN PAY DIRT, JUNE, 1988, P. 3A.
Reference (Deposit): BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 1991, DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT, BETZE PROJECT.
Reference (Deposit): NEWMONT GOLD COMPANY, 1987, ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1986.
Reference (Deposit): NEWMONT GOLD COMPANY, 1988, ANNUAL REPORT FORM 10-K FOR 1987.
Reference (Deposit): NEWMONT GOLD COMPANY, 1990, ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1989.
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.
