The Fondaway Mine is a gold mine located in Churchill county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Fondaway Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fondaway Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Tenneco Minerals Co.
Company ID: 2602101
Info Year: 1989
Production
Year: 1990
Description: Gold Production 4468 Troy Ounces Gold
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Heap Leach-Merrill-Crowe
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY 1996-97.
Reference (Deposit): OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1990, P. 3.
Reference (Deposit): NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1991, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE
Reference (Deposit): OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1989, P. 2.
Reference (Deposit): NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1990, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE
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.
