The Post is a gold mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,577 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,577 Feet (1,700 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.9708, -116.36860
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Post MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Post
Secondary: Deep Post
Secondary: Post/Goldbug
Secondary: Goldbug
Secondary: Barrel - Depleted
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Bootstrap District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Patented
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Newmont Gold Co. (Newmont Mining Corp.)
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1996
Production
Year: 1989
Description: Annual Mine Production 8340 Kilograms Of Contained Au
Year: 1995
Description: Gold Production 129100 T Oz/Yr Gold
Year: 1988
Description: Annual Mine Production 1982 Kilograms Of Contained Au
Year: 1990
Description: Annual Mine Production 12092 Kilograms Of Contained Au
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Carbon-In-Leach-Electrowin
Year First Production: 1988
Discovery Year: 1982
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: L
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 (Reserve-Resource): RESOURCE RECORD 9 TOTAL RESOURCES, 12/31/96: INCLUDES PROVEN+ PROBABLE + MINERALIZED MATERIAL (SURF + UNDG): SURFACE MINERALIZED MATERIAL: 34,411,000 MT @ 1.65 G/MT UNDERGROUND MINERALIZED MATERIAL: 5,162,000 MT @ 9.87 G/MT WEIGHTED AVERAGE OF 39,573,000 MT @ 2.71 G/MT: PLUS THE PROVEN + PROBABLE TOTAL OF RECORD 8:
Comment (Reserve-Resource): Q-MATRIX 1 COL1 DATA DOES NOT MATCH R-REC 2. NO EXPLAINATION.
Comment (Ownership): NOTE POST ORE BODY MINE BY BARRICK AT NO COST TO NEWMONT.
References
Reference (Deposit): PRINT NO. 87-86, 1987, 6 PP.
Reference (Deposit): NEWMONT GOLD COMPANY. ANNUAL REPORTS 1987-90, 1988-91.
Reference (Deposit): RAINS, G. L., AND OTHERS, EDS. GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS
Reference (Deposit): OF THE GREAT BASIN. SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS SPONSORED BY THE
Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA AND THE UNITED STATES
Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA, VOL 1 & 2,
Reference (Deposit): APRIL 1-5, 1990, 1257 PP.
Reference (Deposit): SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS. CARLIN TREND. SEG
Reference (Deposit): NEWSLETTERS, OCTOBER 1990, PP. 15.
Reference (Deposit): SPORLEDER, L. E. NEWMONT: NEW PROJECTS, NEW METHODS, NEW
Reference (Reserve-Resource): NEWMONT MINING CORP., 1994 ANNUAL REPORT, PP. 27-29.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): NEWMONT GOLD COMPANY, 1994 10-K, PP. 13-14.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): NEWMONT MINING CORP., 1995 ANNUAL REPORT, PP. 40-41.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): NEWMONT MINING CORP., 1995 FROM 10-K REPORT, P14.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): NEWMONT GOLD COMPANY, 1995 FORM 10-K REPORT, P14.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): NEWMONT GOLD COMPANY, 1996 FORM 10-K REPORT, P16.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): NEWMONT MINING CORP., 1995 ANNUAL REPORT, PP. 48-49.
Reference (Deposit): JONES, RICHARD B. CARLIN TREND GOLD BELT: THE GEOLOGY.
Reference (Deposit): MINING MAGAZINE, OCTOBER 1989, PP. 256-261.
Reference (Deposit): KNUTSEN, G. C., K. H. BETTLES, C. E. SULFRIAN, AND C. J.
Reference (Deposit): ZIMMERMAN. DISCOVERY AND GEOLOGY OF THE POST GOLD DEPOSIT,
Reference (Deposit): EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA. SOCIETY OF MINING ENGINEERS, PRE-
Reference (Deposit): MINES. ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, JANUARY 1989, 23 PP.
Reference (Deposit): THORSTAD, LINDA E. CARLIN TREND GOLD BELT: THE PRODUCER.
Reference (Deposit): MINING MAGAZINE, OCTOBER 1989, PP. 263-267.
Reference (Deposit): WESTERN MINERALS ACTIVITY REPORT, JANUARY 1990, P17.
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.
