The North Sammy Creek Deposit is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,700 feet.
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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: 7,700 Feet (2,347 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.56528, -115.97222
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North Sammy Creek Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: North Sammy Creek Deposit
Secondary: Big Springs
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Independence Mountains; Tuscarora
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Independence Mining Co., Inc.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1987
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
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): ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL REPORTED "ABOUT 1.163 MILLION ST OF MINEABLE OR GRADING 0.110 OZ/ST GOLD WERE ADDED TO RESERVES BY EXPLORATION AT BIS SPRINGS SOUTH SAMMY CREEK OREBODY."
Comment (Production): MI-1992 LISTS "PRODUCTION" FOR "BIG SPRINGS (SAMMY CREEK)" SO THESE FIGURES MAY INCLUDE ORE FROM OTHER OREBODIES THAT FEED THE BIG SPRINGS MINE.
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: OPEN PIT, HEAP LEACH MINE
Comment (Reserve-Resource): MI-1992 LISTS "RESERVES/RESOURCES" FOR "BIG SPRINGS (SAMMY CREEK)" SO THESE FIGURES MAY INCLUDE ORE FROM OTHER OREBODIES THAT FEED THE BIG SPRINGS MINE.
Comment (Location): PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = WELLS (1970) 1:250000
Comment (Deposit): NORTH SAMMY CREEK IS ONE OF THREE DEPOSITS WHICH COMPRISE THE BIG SPRINGS MINE DEVELOPED BY FREEPORT-MCMORAN GOLD CO. (NOW INDEPENDENCE MINING CO.). SEE RECORDS W700399 (SOUTH SAMMY CREEK DEPOSIT) AND M242936 (MAC RIDGE DEPOSIT) FOR THE OTHER TWO.
References
Reference (Deposit): STAFF, 1988, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1987: NEVADA DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, 84 P.
Reference (Deposit): USDA FOREST SERVICE, 1987, ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT - BIG SPRINGS PROJECT, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA.
Reference (Deposit): METALS ECONOMICS GROUP, 1987, A STUDY OF ACTIVE U.S. GOLD MINES: BOULDER, CO, PP. 68-72
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H.F.JR, AND HESS, R. H., 1993, MAJOR PRECIOUS-METAL DEPOSITS, IN THE NEVADA MINERAL INDUSTRY 1992, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, SPECIAL PUB., MI-1992, P18
Reference (Deposit): ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1988, FEBRUARY, P.65
Reference (Production): MI-1992
Reference (Reserve-Resource): MI 1992 (NBMG)
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.
