Dee Gold Mine

The Dee Gold Mine is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,577 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Dee Gold Mine
Secondary: Dee Mine
Secondary: Dee Gold Mining Co.
Secondary: Deep North Deposit
Secondary: Southeast Extension
Secondary: Boulder Creek Deposit
Secondary: Boulder Creek Prospect 0320070952
Secondary: Boulder Creek Mine 0320070909

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Bootstrap District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Type: Other
Type: Located Claim
Type: Patented

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: John S. Livermore
Percent: 12.00
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1990

Owner Name: Dee Gold Mining Comp.
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1983 -

Owner Name: Rayrock Yellowknife Resources, Inc.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Canada
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1994 -

Production

Year: 1995
Description: Gold Production 35867 T Oz/Yr Gold
Year: 1994
Description: Gold 24219 Oz
Year: 1993
Description: Gold 25772 Oz
Year: 1992
Description: Gold 38818 Oz
Year: 1991
Description: Silver 42000 Oz
Year: 1991
Description: Gold 42000 Oz
Year: 1986
Description: Leached Ore 413000 Metric Tons Ore
Year: 1986
Description: Milled Ore 321000 Metric Tons Ore
Year: 1986
Description: Mined Ore 747000 Metric Tons Ore
Year: 1985
Description: Leached Ore 466000 Metric Tons Ore
Year: 1985
Description: Milled Ore 295000 Metric Tons Ore
Year: 1985
Description: 480000 Mt Leach Ore Year
Year: 1985
Description: 295000 Mt Milled Ore Per Year
Year: 1984
Description: Mt Leach Ore Unknown
Year: 1984
Description: 59000 Mt Milled Ore Per Year

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Heap Leach-Agglomerate-Carbon Column-Electrowin
Year First Production: 1984
Discovery Year: 1981
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S

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

Unknown: Gold

Comments

Comment (Ownership): SEE BIB FOR NEW OWNERSHIP BACK UP REF "O" 001-002. DEE GOLD MINNG, INC. PARTNERS ARE: LCANA MINING CORP. 29 1/3% RAYROCK MINES INC. 29 1/3%, DOME MINES GROUP 29 1/3%, U.S. LIVERMORE, 12%.

Comment (Geology): HIGH GRADE SILVER IS REPORTEDLY TIED TO SILICA BENEATH THE GOLD ZONE.

Comment (Exploration): IN 1981-1982 ABOUT 240 EXPLORATORY HOLES WERE DRILLED IN THE PROPOSED PIT AREA.IN THE SUMMER OF 1982 2 PILOT HEAP LEACH WERE CONDUCTED.REPORTED MINE LIFE 8 YRS. FROM STARTUP,1984. BY DEC.,1982 DRILLING HAD NOT DEFINED THE BOTTOM OF MINERAL- IZATION.

Comment (Deposit): GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY: SMALL

Comment (Reserve-Resource): 1995 DEMONSTRATED ORE RESOURCES: SUMMARY DATA.

Comment (Economic Factors): MILL: ON-SITE, UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AGITATED CYANIDE LEACH, CARBON-IN-PULP, ELECTROLYSIS, HEAP LEACH, PROCESS RATE; 820 T/D, PRODUCES DORE BULLION. ABOUT 1200 KG AU/YR FOR THE FIRST TWO THEN 1000 KG AU/YR THEREAFTER.

Comment (Production): MILL ORE AND HEAP LEACH. 1988 AU PROD.= 50,000 OZ. 1989 AU PROD.= 45,660 OZ. FROM TREATING 433,727 MT ORE. 1989 RESERVE 268,000 OZ. CONT.AU. MINE PRODUCTION: 800 T/D ORE FROM THE OPEN PIT WHERE THE STRIPPING RATIO IS 7:1 WASTE TO ORE.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): M1C1=M2C1+M3C1. MATRIX 1 COL 1 IS AV. GRADE ORE. INCLUDES 5% DILUTION M2C1 = M1C1-M3C1. MATRIX 2 COL 1 IS HIGH GRADE ORE. INCLUDES 5% DILUTION M3C1=M1C1-M2C1. MATRIX 3 COL 1 IS LOW GRADE ORE. INCLUDES 5% DILUTION.

References

Reference (Deposit): CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1995/96, P316.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 108, #9, FEB. 26, 1997, P15.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 107, #43, OCT., 23, 1996, P3

Reference (Deposit): DEE."

Reference (Deposit): THE NORTHERN MINER, 2/24/97, "MINING SUSPENDED AT RAYROCK'S

Reference (Deposit): NO. 21, 1984, P. 25.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, V 107, N34, AUG. 21, 1996, P13.

Reference (Deposit): AND MILL IN NEVADA FOR SEPTEMBER START UP. V. 73,

Reference (Deposit): 659. SKILLINGS' MINING REVIEW. DEE OPEN PIT GOLD MINE

Reference (Deposit): BULL., V. 7, NO. 3, 1983, P. 8.

Reference (Deposit): OPEN-PIT GOLD MINE AT HISTORIC MANHATTAN. NV MIN. ASSOC.

Reference (Deposit): 494. NEVADA MINING ASSOCIATION (RENO). TENNECO RESTARTS

Reference (Deposit): ASSOCIATION, BULL, V7, #3, 1983, P5.

Reference (Deposit): UP; BIDS OUT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF MILL, NEVADA MINING

Reference (Deposit): 493. NEVADA MINING ASSOCIATION (RENO), DEE GOLD MINE GEARS

Reference (Deposit): MARCH 1994. PP. 1, 2.

Reference (Deposit): RAYROCK YELLOWKNIFEMRESOURCES INC. LETTER TO SHAREHOLDERS,

Reference (Deposit): CORNA CORP., JUNE 15, 1992.

Reference (Deposit): P. 686.

Reference (Deposit): HOMESTAKE MINING COMPANY, OFFER TO PURCHASE, INTERNATIONAL

Reference (Deposit): ANNU. MEETING, GEOL. SOC. AM., NOV. 5-8, 1984, RENO, NV,

Reference (Deposit): ABSTR. NO. 33,390 IN ABSTRACTS WITH PROGRAMS, 1984. 97TH

Reference (Deposit): MINERALIZATION AT THE DEE MINE, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA.

Reference (Deposit): 1986, P. 112-115.

Reference (Deposit): WALLACE, A. B., AND F. W. BERGWALL. GEOLOGY AND GOLD

Reference (Deposit): ELLIS, ROGER, THE DEE GOLD MINE. MINING MAGAZINE, FEB.

Reference (Deposit): NO. 36, SEPT. 1983, PP. 21A-25A.

Reference (Deposit): BUSHNELL, K. O. $24 MILLION MINE PROJECT TO START IN

Reference (Deposit): MINES AND GEOL. OFR 82-9, 1982, 4 PP.

Reference (Deposit): BULK-MINEABLE PRECIOUS METAL DEPOSITS IN NEVADA. NV BUR.

Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H. F., JR. RESERVES, HOST ROCKS, AND AGES OF

Reference (Deposit): NV, MARCH 25-28, 1984, PP. 27.

Reference (Deposit): BELT. ABSTR. IN EXPLORATION FOR ORE DEPOSITS OF THE NORTH

Reference (Deposit): GEOCHEMICAL LINK IN GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE CARLIN-MIDAS

Reference (Deposit): NV, MAR. 25-28, 1984, P. 32.

Reference (Deposit): BLOOMSTEIN, E. I. AMMONIA ALTERATION IS A

Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN CORDILLERA. SYMP. OF ASSOC. EXPL. GEOCHEM., RENO,

Reference (Deposit): ABSTR. IN EXPLORATION FOR ORE DEPOSITS OF THE NORTH

Reference (Deposit): GEOCHEMISTRY AT THE DEE GOLD MINE, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA.

Reference (Deposit): HILL. APPLICATION OF RANK SUM ANALYSIS TO SOIL

Reference (Deposit): BAGBY, W. C., W. J. PICKTHORN, R. GOLDFARB, AND R. A.

Reference (Deposit): NOVEMBER. 5-8, 1984, RENO, NV, P. 434.

Reference (Deposit): PROGRAMS, 1984. 97TH ANNU. MEETING, GEOL. SOC. AM.,

Reference (Deposit): CHARACTERISITCS. ABSTR. NO. 33,496 IN ABSTRACTS WITH

Reference (Deposit): DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: A REVIEW OF THEIR GEOLOGIC

Reference (Deposit): BAGBY, W. C. SEDIMENT-HOSTED DISSEMINATED GOLD

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA GOLD MINE. V. 92, NO. 3, JAN. 5, 1984, P. 6.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): PP. 6-8.

Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN IRON ORE ASSOCIATION. LACANA STARTS WORK ON

Reference (Reserve-Resource): RAYROCK YELLOWKNIFE RESOURCES, INC., 1996 ANNUAL REPORT,

Reference (Reserve-Resource): SEC II, P4.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): RAYROCK YELLOWKNIFE RESOURCES, INC., 1995, ANNUAL REPORT,

Reference (Reserve-Resource): COMPANIES, P240.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): RANDOL 1996/97 MINES DIRECTORY, U.S. MINES & MINING

Reference (Reserve-Resource): AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK 1996, PP. 199-201.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): RESOURCES:"

Reference (Reserve-Resource): 1995/96, NEVADA MINES DIRECTORY, PP. 16, 17, 22.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): LACANA 1986 ANNUAL REPORT.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1995-96, P316, "INTRESTS: (1)-

Reference (Ownership): YELLOWKNIFE GAINS 100% INTREST IN DEE GOLD MINE".

Reference (Ownership): SKILLINGS MINING REVIEW, MARCH 26, 1994, P4, "RAYROCK

Reference (Deposit): COMPANIES, P240.

Reference (Deposit): RANDOL 1996/97, MINES DIRECTORY, U.S. MINES & MINING

Reference (Deposit): 1995/95, NEVADA MINES DIRECTORY, PP. 17, 22.

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. OFR 76-56, 1976, 194 PP.

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R. M. MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY,

Reference (Deposit): MINING REVIEW, V. 74, NO. 11, MAR. 16, 1985, P. 6-7.

Reference (Deposit): NEWEST GOLD PROPERTY IN CARLIN GEOLOGIC TREND. SKILLINGS

Reference (Deposit): SKILLINGS, D.N., JR. DEE GOLD MINING CO. STARTS UP

Reference (Deposit): V. 69, NO. 12, 1983, PP. 1, 6.

Reference (Deposit): RAYROCK, DOME, AND LACANA. NORTHERN MINER (TORONTO),

Reference (Deposit): PEARCE, R. C., RICH REWARDS FROM NEVADA GOLD FOR

Reference (Deposit): P. 5.

Reference (Deposit): REVENUE CITES ACTIVITY ON SEVERAL FRONTS. SEPT. 1, 1983,

Reference (Deposit): TO PRODUCTION. APR. 7, 1983, P. 1.

Reference (Deposit): NORTHERN MINER (TORONTO). LACANA INCREASES PROFIT,

Reference (Deposit): NORTHERN MINER (TORONTO). CORDEX V SYNDICATE TO GO

Reference (Deposit): MAP 76-779, 6 SHEETS, 1976, SCALE 1:100,000.

Reference (Deposit): MAP OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. OPEN-FILE

Reference (Deposit): HOPE, R. A., AND R. R. COATS. PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 54, 1957, 190 PP.

Reference (Deposit): LEE. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY,

Reference (Deposit): GRANGER, A. E., M. M. BELL, G. C. SIMMONS, AND F.

Reference (Deposit): BETTER ALL THE TIME. BIG SKY PAYDIRT (BISBEE, AZ),

Reference (Deposit): CLISBY, H. NEVADA'A PRECIOUS METALS PICTURE LOOKING

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA. V. 52, NO. 10, JUNE 1983, P. 66.

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.